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By definition, a 1200 year event is at least a little unusual
by gentleman11 5y ago
By definition, a 1200 year event is at least a little unusual
- BuyMyBitcoins 5y ago>” By definition, a 1200 year event is at least a little unusual” For humans, yes. But for an ecosystem on a geologic timescale? It makes sense that native plants would be adapted to withstand events.
- jeffbee 5y agoI don't see how that follows. Many forests in California are fossil remnants of a wetter, cooler climate. They cannot spread nor establish themselves in this climate, so when they get damaged by drought, disease, or fire they don't return. The native plants are not adapted to it.
- loopz 5y agoEcological systems tend to die out when confronted with extreme, lasting change. It may take thousands of years for natural systems "to adapt". On planetary scale this is just a blink of the eye, but for humans and current life it could mean devastation.
- 01100011 5y agoWhich forests? Redwoods?
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