Blaze@reddthat.com to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoMain road to Grindavík (Iceland) is covered under lavai.redd.itimagemessage-square185fedilinkarrow-up11.23Karrow-down13file-text
arrow-up11.23Karrow-down1imageMain road to Grindavík (Iceland) is covered under lavai.redd.itBlaze@reddthat.com to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square185fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredeus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down2·4 months agoI looked it up and unsurprisingly there’s a whole Wikipedia page about this. Long story short, it takes decades for rock to become soily at all so likely a much longer time till it becomes as soily as what’s around it here.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 months ago till it You can’t till it 'til much later.
minus-squaredeus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoDid I use the wrong word there? I always assumed till and until were synonyms
minus-squarethrawn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoYou’re right, they’re just making a joke, as till also refers to how farmers prepare soil for planting crops.
minus-squareggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 months agoSuddenly thinking about how the race to sustainably create more soil will probably be a theme for scientific research in the near future. Desertification is scary!
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoLava rock tends to be very porous and “crumbly” though right? I would think it turns to soil faster than most other types of rock.
minus-squareDeceptichum@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down16·edit-24 months ago Soil formation, also known as pedogenesis
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoNo, it’s someone who loves feet.
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·4 months ago^ when you’re done ruining Twitter for the day.
I looked it up and unsurprisingly there’s a whole Wikipedia page about this. Long story short, it takes decades for rock to become soily at all so likely a much longer time till it becomes as soily as what’s around it here.
You can’t till it 'til much later.
Did I use the wrong word there? I always assumed till and until were synonyms
You’re right, they’re just making a joke, as till also refers to how farmers prepare soil for planting crops.
Suddenly thinking about how the race to sustainably create more soil will probably be a theme for scientific research in the near future.
Desertification is scary!
Lava rock tends to be very porous and “crumbly” though right? I would think it turns to soil faster than most other types of rock.
No, it’s someone who loves feet.
^ when you’re done ruining Twitter for the day.