California’s Lost Lake, a Jet’s Worth of Deaths, and 200M Trees

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• 200 Million Trees and Counting

• California’s 500,000-Acre Giant That Disappeared

• Daily Overdose Deaths

• Resources

  • Fun stuff

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[Environment & Technology]

200 million trees planted, one search at a time, thanks to the search engine Ecosia.

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[History]

Covering over 500,000 acres in California, Tulare Lake, was the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River. Fed by runoff from the Sierra Nevada mountains, the lake stretched over 100 miles long and over 30 miles wide before drying up in 1899.

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In 2023, after intense storms and record snowmelt, Tulare Lake partially refilled, marking the first resurgence in over a century.

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[Health]

Over 290 people die of an overdose every day in the U.S. Roughly the equivalent of a large passenger jet at full capacity.

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Typical passenger jets include the Boeing 777 and Airbus A330, each with an average seating capacity of around 300 passengers.

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200 Million Trees [Environment & Technology]

🔗 Ecosia Browser

California’s 500,000-Acre Giant That Disappeared [History]

🔗 Giant lake suddenly returns 130 years after vanishing

Daily Overdose Deaths [Health]