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Rannoch Moor

Examination of soil samples indicates how, around 4000 years ago, a sudden shift to a cooler, wetter climate caused water levels at Rannoch Moor and across Scotland to rise. Pine trees were unable to survive and there was a collapse of the pine ecosystem. Forests across Scotland drowned.

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