Underground coal fires like the one under Centralia, PA -- which has forced a similar evacuation -- also last hundreds of years.
Sea level rise will last thousands.
The destruction of aquifers in central California -- when too much water is pumped out, the porous layers compress, and will no longer hold water in the future -- I don't even know if there's a process by which that will heal.
The loss of diversity of ocean and land life, you're probably looking at millions of years for new speciation to fill the emptied niches.
Sea level rise will last thousands.
The destruction of aquifers in central California -- when too much water is pumped out, the porous layers compress, and will no longer hold water in the future -- I don't even know if there's a process by which that will heal.
The loss of diversity of ocean and land life, you're probably looking at millions of years for new speciation to fill the emptied niches.
Ocean acidification, also another long wait.