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In the Atlantic, Ascension Island was transformed from a sun‑scorched volcanic rock into a rainforest. In the 19th century, Charles Darwin and Joseph Dalton Hooker visited the British naval base and documented the island. They devised a plan to “harness the moisture of the clouds” and organized a planting system. Seeds were sourced from botanical gardens across the British Empire. Over five decades of planting radically altered the island’s landscape, creating a lush cloud forest.

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