LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zoneM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month agoDoing it nowpiefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square48linkfedilinkarrow-up1531arrow-down118
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minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down3·1 month agoHow does that compare to the quantity of sand already in existence? There was a long period of time (millions and millions of years) when there were no parrotfish, but billions of tons of calcium carbonate being eroded by the weather.
minus-squareCatsGoMOW@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoCould very well have been other animals over time.
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month ago How does that compare to the quantity of sand already in existence? Seeing as there’s now a shortage of water-eroded sand, probably a good portion of it
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoAre you thinking of sand that’s easily accessible (so not under many metres of sea) and suitable for use in concrete?
minus-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoHow much of all the planet’s sand is on beaches frequenteeed by humans? Perhaps the interesting samples are over-represented but they’re still neat.
minus-squareAbyssian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down7·1 month agoWhat a stupid thing to bicker about. Good work, people on the internet. o_O
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoI didn’t read it as bickering at all, just two people with an interest in sand, trying to get to the truth.
minus-squareAbyssian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 month agoI might be extra cranky. I hate sand.
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThen why keep reading about it and then lash out when you don’t even understand what you are reading…? There was no bickering.
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoWe’ve all got our hobbies
How does that compare to the quantity of sand already in existence? There was a long period of time (millions and millions of years) when there were no parrotfish, but billions of tons of calcium carbonate being eroded by the weather.
Could very well have been other animals over time.
Seeing as there’s now a shortage of water-eroded sand, probably a good portion of it
Are you thinking of sand that’s easily accessible (so not under many metres of sea) and suitable for use in concrete?
How much of all the planet’s sand is on beaches frequenteeed by humans? Perhaps the interesting samples are over-represented but they’re still neat.
What a stupid thing to bicker about. Good work, people on the internet. o_O
I didn’t read it as bickering at all, just two people with an interest in sand, trying to get to the truth.
I might be extra cranky. I hate sand.
Fuck off, Anakin.
Then why keep reading about it and then lash out when you don’t even understand what you are reading…? There was no bickering.
We’ve all got our hobbies