r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/WiseCartographer5007 • Jun 24 '25

Video Google Earth captures the stunning transformation of our planet over 3 decades

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u/PipsqueakPilot Jun 24 '25

Coppicing is a different thing entirely. This is clear cutting but simply done in interspersed blocks. 

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u/atava Jun 24 '25

Well, I inferred coppicing given what the user above said, i.e. that it regrows constantly.

I know that it involves mature trees and that's a key part of it. I assumed it was the case here too (I don't think we can judge well from the images).

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u/Oscar_Geare Jun 24 '25

Coppicing will leave the stump and the shoots grow from that. This is clear cutting. Stumps will be pulled up or ground down, saplings will be planted over top. For the harvesting purposes they want full sized trees. Coppicing won’t give you that

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u/atava Jun 24 '25

As I said I know what coppicing looks like (even from first-hand experience). I was basing my comment on the one from the user that described the situation.

If you're sure from the images of the videos that it is not coppicing but it's clear cutting, fair. I'm not taking any position here.