There was a point during that millions of years where there were areas of thousands of feet deep layers of dead trees. It still boggles my mind.
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abbadon420@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Wood is notoriously hard to digest. After wood evolved, it took millions of years before funghi and bacteria evolved the ability to decompose it. And that’s why we have oil now.
ripcord@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Amanduh@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Would you be willing to find a good article explaining this further? This sounds really neat and I’d like to know how scientists figured this out :O
magikmw@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Wood is the reason for climate change!
intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 months ago
And now these hippies want to plant even more trees.
XTL@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Who are they to stand in the way of climate change‽
intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 months ago
(the oil helps us digest wood)
AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Coal, not oil, but it’s still an interesting fact.