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China has planted so many trees it's changed the entire country's water distribution (www.livescience.com)

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China's efforts to slow land degradation and climate change by planting trees and restoring grasslands have shifted water around the country in huge, unforeseen ways, new research shows.

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[–] Hux@lemmy.ml 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It is very interesting, but I wish the article was a bit longer and was more specific about the comparative impacts of the water distribution effects it referred to.

The article basically says “stuff changed, here are a couple of numbers”, but it didn’t elaborate on the actual changes and effects and how they compare to 20 or 50 years ago from either an ecological vantage point or human experience point of view.

[–] LibertyLizard@quokk.au 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah. This is super interesting but this was always a concern I had of this project, which has the potential to be great but is also so large it almost borders on geoengineering. Changes in water distribution could be good but I'd say they're a bit more likely to cause harm than help.