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Re:Is the Insect Apocalypse Upon Us? by moosey on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @04:51PM (#19212360)
I live in the Inland Northwest, and I assure you what you mention is true. We have a forest, but generally the ground is brown and dry in summer, and the winters are long and hard. The Cascades are huge, and create an extensive rain shadow.

Seattle sits right next to the only temperate rainforest in the world, though. The sheer amount of plant life there is something to behold, and it doesn't get cold there all that long.

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Re:Is the Insect Apocalypse Upon Us? by xxgreg on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @10:31PM (#19214293)
> Seattle sits right next to the only temperate rainforest in the world, though

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperate_rainforest

You might be interested in the section "Global distribution".

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Re:Is the Insect Apocalypse Upon Us? by munificent on Thursday February 21, 2019 @05:52PM (#19221362)
The rainforest on the Olympic Peninsula is beautiful and rich with plant life, but the South is a different beast. If you take an empty lot in the South and wait a year, it will be packed with growing things, sprawling and reaching toward the sun. The rate of growth is just insane.
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