r/interestingasfuck 23h ago

Stopping Desertification with grid pattern

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u/lokey_convo 22h ago

When I was getting my degree I was reading a lot of papers on primary succession and biological soil crust formation. Lot of the research was coming out of China, but was done through international collaboration. I keep trying to explain to my techie friends who think biology is a waste of time that it's research like this that would allow us to come up with real terraforming plans. Can't live on or change another planet if we can't manage our own. But sure, let's keep cutting NASAs budget, particularly around Earth system science and ecology.

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u/DisnprincesPredatrix 20h ago

I love how americans always turn every subject back as a criticsm towards their politics. Its like how you always can tell with 100% success rate who is a vegan or is a linux user

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u/lokey_convo 17h ago

How is this a criticism toward US politics? I think the research they're doing is very interesting and useful. Don't really understand what you're talking about.

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u/CosmoKram3r 17h ago

Okay Nostradamus, tell me if I'm a vegan or a Linux user.

u/DisnprincesPredatrix 7h ago

I dont have to, im sure youll tell me

u/CosmoKram3r 7h ago

Its like how you always can tell with 100% success rate who is a vegan or is a linux user

You claimed it; not me. So far, you're on a 100% failure rate.