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[-] sonori@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago

The commenter was talking about the hypothetical effects of covering large parts of the oceans. This project is only covering a smallish part of an already artificial lake in Java. Neglecting the already artificial part, given the space between the blocks as well as the space between the blocks and shore I’d imagine the effects would be minimal on the lake ecosystem as a whole.

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