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China Planted 78 Billion New Trees, and Seriously Messed Up Its Water Cycle (www.popularmechanics.com)
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[–] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 53 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Nitpick, but:

have increased evapotranspiration, which is a portmanteau of evaporation and transpiration

Bruh, if you're going to explain a not-at-all unclear fancy word, why not just use the explanation in the article (e.g. "have increased evaporation and transpiration")

This smells of AI writing.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah I mean if you are trying to clarify you might want to point out it happens through plant leaves.

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

Right, I mean why would you ever want to learn a new word while reading a science article???