minus-squareSanctus@anarchist.nexustoTree Huggers@slrpnk.net•Forests precede civilisations, and deserts follow them.linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-222 hours agoThey were definitely exacerbated, but even the young deserts in North America are estimated to be millions of years old. Edit: like the most prominent example I can think of is the drying of the Levant. linkfedilink
minus-squareSanctus@anarchist.nexustoTree Huggers@slrpnk.net•Forests precede civilisations, and deserts follow them.linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·23 hours agoThat last sentence sounds like you think the forest is the only natural ecosystem. It is definitely not. linkfedilink
They were definitely exacerbated, but even the young deserts in North America are estimated to be millions of years old.
Edit: like the most prominent example I can think of is the drying of the Levant.