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Aren't there a lot of desert areas that were created by overgrazing goats i.e. not natural?
by peteradio 3y ago
Aren't there a lot of desert areas that were created by overgrazing goats i.e. not natural?
- throwaway5752 3y agoThat is an oversimplification of an existing theory, it is not proven: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-really-turned-sahara-desert-green-oasis-wasteland-180962668/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-really-tu.... Note: "It’s important to note that the green Sahara always would’ve turned back into a desert even without humans doing anything—that’s just how Earth’s orbit works, says geologist Jessica Tierney, an associate professor of geoscience at the University of Arizona. Moreover, according to Tierney, we don’t necessarily need humans to explain the abruptness of the transition from green to desert."
- asjvlise 3y agoWhat is natural anyway? Is it how a place would be if humans weren't in it? Is it how a place turns out after humans do what they do e.g. settle and rear goats? Or is it what humans would ideally do, but we work hard to resist because we imagine an ideal scenario e.g. desert is bad, forest is good. Shouldn't the outcomes of human uninhibited actions be natural e.g. overusing resources and pollution.
- pvaldes 3y agoyes