Life finds a way : when nature reclaims space.
We humans transform landscapes and leave our unmistakable marks on the world.
But these marks are not always indelible,
because when we move out, nature quickly moves in to stake its claim once more.
-BBC Science
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“After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, and so on — have found that none of these finally satisfy, or permanently wear — what remains? Nature remains.” … Walt Whitman
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it refuses to leave and that’s a good thing
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Nature’s way
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Nothing gladdens my heart more than seeing nature reclaim our mistakes. It reminds me that when the time comes, the Earth will do just fine without humans.
Best wishes, Pete.
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yes, I expect it will –
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That’s something that’s often overlooked in current conversations about the environment. Even if we wipe ourselves out, nature always finds a way. It’ll rebuild. It may take centuries depending upon how bad one believes the situation is, but it will rebuild.
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it will indeed
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Sleeping beauty’s castle?
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very similar
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😜
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The wild does move back in, I think Beth, when I take an extra week between mowing my lawn.
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yes, it doesn’t mess around –
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Yes, exactly. Nature will always find a way.
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it is an incredibly strong force
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“life finds a way” reminds of me that line in Jurassic Park when the mathematician is talking of the dinosaurs reproducing. Life and nature do win – it is just that it now always the humans that do.
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yes!
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Who can withstand the force of nature? No one as it is the force of God…
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<3
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Nature is a wonderful force, she continues to try to replenish our planet.
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she is relentless warrior
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She is !
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Yes!
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<3
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We aren’t destroying the planet; we are destroying ourselves. The planet will remain, in one form or another, and get along just fine without us.
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and that is a sad state of things
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Here’s to the strength and power of nature.
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may she ever thrive
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Left alone, she will take over. She’s so powerful.
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incredibly so, she has true grit
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That’s for sure!
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Just give nature a fair shot and she recovers.
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she is incredibly resilient
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That reminds me of something I said: Nature will always survive, the question only is, whether we do too…
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yes, that’s so perfect
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I feel that every day, nature’s saying — quietly or loudly, “Human, you have no idea what’s going on.”
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Nature will be here when we are long gone, I hope.
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me too-
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Whenever I see nature reclaiming its own, I take comfort from it.
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I do too, something about it is hopeful
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What a truly horrible it would be if it didn’t work that way. It HEAL from the damage we do to it.
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yes, indeed.
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But we still don’t stop. We just keep on with our destructive, greedy ways. I wonder how long the earth and nature will put up with all of it?
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yes, and that is the sad and frustrating thing
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People have become truly powerless. Everything is run by the greedy elite, and their only vision is more for themselves.
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When American/British explorers Stephens and Catherwood rediscovered ruined Mayan pyramids in the 1800s, most of the pyramids couldn’t be distinguished from mounds of earth, so thoroughly had the elements destroyed them.
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that’s so amazing
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Mother Nature won’t be beaten!
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She refuses to go
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I always love seeing nature reclaim human-made or -curated spaces. It’s incredible to find objects that have grown into tree bark or vines covering walls and fences.
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I so agree
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You are exactly right!
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<3
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