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Canada has added 20 million acres, India 22 million acres, Russia 52 million acres - an area about the size of Kansas.

softwaredoug 1y ago
The US reforested significantly in the twentieth century as well, which helped keep some of the US cooler than it should have been relative to the climate change norm. https://news.agu.org/press-release/a-century-of-reforestation-helped-keep-the-eastern-us-cool/ https://news.agu.org/press-release/a-century-of-reforestatio...
teleforce 1y ago
Thanks for the info. Honest questions how much forest the US and UK added since they are probably the loudest in the issue of deforestration?
TiredOfLife 1y ago
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- tomhow 1y ago
  Please avoid generic tangents and flamebait on HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - TiredOfLife 1y ago
    It's neither of those. If I plant a tree near my house, but cut down all of my neighbor trees, it would show that I have planted one tree while my neighbors none.
    - tomhow 1y ago
      The comment was downvoted and flagged by several other community members so I don't seem to be out of step with community sentiment on this. I can accept that you sincerely felt it was an important thing to write, but all we can go on is what it looks like on the page, and what it looks like is trying to activate reactions in people with out-of-context controversy.
      - TiredOfLife 1y ago
        Several other community members also think that Ukraine is not a real country. But stuff like that seems to be the consensus here on HN.
        tomhow 1y ago
        There's no such "consensus", and everything I've seen in HN discussions about it indicates the HN community is generally supportive of the Ukraine cause. The community members downvoting and flagging your comment are ones who generally do so for reasons of comment quality and guidelines observance, not anything to do with their opinion on this or other topics.
867-5309 1y ago
Texas is ~172 million acres

The US reforested significantly in the twentieth century as well, which helped keep some of the US cooler than it should have been relative to the climate change norm. https://news.agu.org/press-release/a-century-of-reforestation-helped-keep-the-eastern-us-cool/ https://news.agu.org/press-release/a-century-of-reforestatio...

teleforce 1y ago

Thanks for the info. Honest questions how much forest the US and UK added since they are probably the loudest in the issue of deforestration?

TiredOfLife 1y ago

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tomhow 1y ago
Please avoid generic tangents and flamebait on HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- TiredOfLife 1y ago
  It's neither of those. If I plant a tree near my house, but cut down all of my neighbor trees, it would show that I have planted one tree while my neighbors none.
  - tomhow 1y ago
    The comment was downvoted and flagged by several other community members so I don't seem to be out of step with community sentiment on this. I can accept that you sincerely felt it was an important thing to write, but all we can go on is what it looks like on the page, and what it looks like is trying to activate reactions in people with out-of-context controversy.
    - TiredOfLife 1y ago
      Several other community members also think that Ukraine is not a real country. But stuff like that seems to be the consensus here on HN.
      - tomhow 1y ago
        There's no such "consensus", and everything I've seen in HN discussions about it indicates the HN community is generally supportive of the Ukraine cause. The community members downvoting and flagging your comment are ones who generally do so for reasons of comment quality and guidelines observance, not anything to do with their opinion on this or other topics.

867-5309 1y ago

Texas is ~172 million acres