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Re:After millennia of expansion, the world has passed ‘peak ... by jahewson on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @12:46PM (#31571748)
Once upon a time everything was forest land. The line seems a bit arbitrary.
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Re:After millennia of expansion, the world has passed ‘peak ... by criley2 on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @01:07PM (#31572024)
While the many types of forests (deciduous, coniferous, rain, etc) dominate a lot of land on earth, there is still many types of plains, chaparral/savannah, deserts, mountain, tundras, etc.
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Re:After millennia of expansion, the world has passed ‘peak ... by bryanlarsen on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @02:32PM (#31573082)
There is more forest in North Dakota today than there was when Columbus landed.
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Re:After millennia of expansion, the world has passed ‘peak ... by lupire on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @01:13PM (#31572079)
0 forest certainly seems bad.
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