Laura Helmuth: This is what Canaan Valley in Tucker County, WV looked like in 1932. Now it's full of state parks and wildlife reserves, and a brewery in Davis called "Stumptown" because that used to be the town's nickname

For your Things That Used to Be Worse and Got Better files: Much of the Eastern U.S. was deforested in the 18th & 19th centuries. European settlers cut down every tree they could reach. Now forests have regrown and eased global warming 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/succ...

Successful Reforestation Is Keeping the Eastern U.S. Coolerwww.scientificamerican.com Parts of the southeastern and central U.S. haven’t warmed as much as the rest of the country. Reforestation could be partially responsible for this “warming hole”

This is what Canaan Valley in Tucker County, WV looked like in 1932. Now it's full of state parks and wildlife reserves, and a brewery in Davis called "Stumptown" because that used to be the town's nickname

Was in Canaan valley for a holiday last year, it's absolutely beautiful for hiking (and skiing in the winter).

Whoa.

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