Further, the reason there's so much coal in that Appalachians is because the trees that did finally come to existence, still didn't have proper decomposers, so the carbon just stayed there.
And for those that want to bring up the coal in england, the Appalachians technically stretch up thru Canada and Greenland and come down into the British isles.
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AnchoriteMagus@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 25d
When your upstart Rockies age another 400 million years, we'll see how good they look.
ceenote@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 25d
Live_your_lives@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 22d
The 10 highest major summits in the US are in Alaska (source), so they're probably right.
warbond@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 25d
There's always a bigger fish. I mean mountain.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 25d
These ones are older than sharks.
No, not the ones on the map, the ones under them.
Bad_Engineering@fedia.io · 7 pts · 25d
They're even older than tree's, they're ancient AF.
Pistachio@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 24d
Further, the reason there's so much coal in that Appalachians is because the trees that did finally come to existence, still didn't have proper decomposers, so the carbon just stayed there.
And for those that want to bring up the coal in england, the Appalachians technically stretch up thru Canada and Greenland and come down into the British isles.
edgemaster72@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 24d
Meanwhile, the Ozarks: "please nobody pick on me"
Pistachio@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 24d
I know this is America and our govt officials think its okay, but the Rockies are a bit too young for me