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Re:New Tonga island 'now home to flowers and owls' by beaconstudios on Thursday February 07, 2019 @10:26AM (#19105724)
we're generally not very good at environmental engineering - you wouldn't want to accidentally introduce an imbalance that caused unintended negative effects. Nature on the other hand is rather self-balancing if left alone.
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Re:New Tonga island 'now home to flowers and owls' by lxmorj on Thursday February 07, 2019 @05:07PM (#19109070)
Not at island preservation over long periods of time, apparently. Seems like the islands we have are explained by largely by survivorship bias
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Re:New Tonga island 'now home to flowers and owls' by beaconstudios on Thursday February 07, 2019 @06:52PM (#19109891)
Of course nature is destructive too, but I think we overestimate how much we understand ecosystems.
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