> post-Columbus ongoing deforestation in the Americas's It's an open question how much of the Americas were actually heavily forested before western disease ki

> post-Columbus ongoing deforestation in the Americas's It's an open question how much of the Americas were actually heavily forested before western disease killed 95% of the population. A lot of what Europeans saw when they explored was basically post-apocalyptic wilderness which had sprung up in the 100-200 years since the vast majority of the population was killed.