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		jahewson on May 31, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: After millennia of expansion, the world has passed... Once upon a time everything was forest land. The line seems a bit arbitrary.

criley2 on May 31, 2022 | [–]

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.

bryanlarsen on May 31, 2022 | | [–]

There is more forest in North Dakota today than there was when Columbus landed.

lupire on May 31, 2022 | [–]

0 forest certainly seems bad.

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