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Environment & Energy

antigone382

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8. Yes but a tree is much more likely to decompose before reaching California shores...

Reply to Yo_Mama (Reply #7)

Mon Jun 11, 2012, 12:46 AM

Jun 2012

At the very least to a size that would not support organisms larger than microbe-sized. large man-made structures designed to withstand decomposition are a pretty new thing.

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Yes but a tree is much more likely to decompose before reaching California shores... antigone382 Jun 2012 #8