Environment

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Environment:

The totality of the natural world, often excluding humans.

A subset of the natural world; an ecosystem.

The combination of external physical conditions that affect and influence the growth, development, behavior, and survival of organisms.

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Florida dumped half a million oyster shells into the Gulf of Mexico. No one expected the results to be this good. (www.yahoo.com)

submitted 1 week ago by VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to c/environment@sh.itjust.works

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Some called it reckless dumping. Others warned it would be detrimental to an already dwindling ecosystem. And for a while, these concerns seemed valid. Even the researchers running this giant experiment had their doubts as no visible progress was initially seen.

All of these things and more helped revive fish, turtle, and dolphin populations to numbers not seen in over two and a half decades. Layer by layer, the ocean floor had rebuilt itself until the results were visibly undeniable.

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[–] BossDj@piefed.social 8 points 1 week ago

I didn't think Yahoo generates it's own news. This is from a website called Upworthy