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1. With wilderness covering nearly a quarter of the global landmass, it’s pretty wild out there.
20 Things You Didn't Know About Wilderness
The great outdoors is good for our overall health, but this precious resource is in danger.
Oct 2, 2020 3:00 PMOct 2, 2020 2:58 PM
In a hundred years, wilderness may have vanished — bad news for everything from pharmaceutical research to carbon storage. Slightly better news: Even blighted wilderness can recover, as the megafauna thriving at Chernobyl attests. (Credit: Jgomolach/Shutterstock)
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