If you think this is surprising, consider that plastic, which was always thought to be "permanent" - remember the commercial "10,000 years in a landfill"? - decomposes in less than 50 years in the ocean. This is a problem, unfortunately, since the additives in plastic bottles, which went unregulated for many years in the '60s and '70s, are now being indiscriminately "added" to the ocean, which is causing environmental and biological havoc among oceanic wildlife and habitat.
But the oceans are resilient - I recently saw a TED webcast which showed underwater photos of underwater habitat in Australia and New Zealand which was decimated as recently as 25 years ago, came back to life and vigor under protective stewardship. And in Philly, the Schuylkill river was, when I was growing up, a cesspit of garbage, detritus and very many dead fish. Now, it is actually used for recreation, right in the middle of the city - boating, swimming and fishing.
So I don't find it surprising. Even anthropogenic global climate change can be limited or reduced to the point where nature takes over again. IF it exists, that is - in case you were unaware, there is still some debate on this point.
(We probably talked about this before , when coonholio was still actively posting crap, but I can't be bothered to look it up.
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