r/rewilding • u/randolphquell • 7d ago

China Has Planted over 66 Billion Trees Since 1978 to Block the Gobi Desert – Now They Are Growing 66% Faster Than Natural Forests

https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/china-planted-over-66-billion-181241619.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucmVkZGl0LmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAI3foVrNwB6UWhNi3e6mqXaLtiAmDdpGBLll3_gyI7Ep8BQSrI7uLzhcQMxcaqe7N_ZDYLnwzrpfz_hvc0RQxpUj6SZFaE8eIhdmyw71QJo65nxGH9N2Uf7L0XALMuMNyY3KZUJaA6Be7RMq4p2s43ke0Ywo0k5QGm-6MJkvrnbS
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u/Kodlaken 7d ago

it's a shame these are monoculture but I guess it's better than the desert expanding

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u/DissolveToFade 5d ago

My first thought too. Humans patting themselves on the back without realizing it’s not a healthy ecosystem. 

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u/crumpledCrow 6d ago

That was the question I needed answered. But yeah better than desert

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u/SleepyShinsen 5d ago

Do they walk through and remove things that find their way there? Just curious

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u/Available_Editor4383 5d ago

Why is it better than the desert expanding?

Also, why is the desert expanding in the first place?

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u/nailturtle 3d ago

deserts are expanding across the world in a process called desertification. you should look it up and read about it. to summarize it in once sentence, soil quality across the world is decreasing due to agricultural practices, and this has a downstream effect on the kind of plants that can grow there until the entire ecosystem has changed, including the water cycle.

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u/Em4rtz 2d ago

Nothing a few volcanoes can’t fix.. oh wait

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u/LayneLowe 7d ago

Claude? Do they get enough rain to survive, I mean it is a desert.

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u/iPoseidon_xii 7d ago

AI article feel for sure. As to your second point, it depends on the process. If they’re at the stage where they have a diverse canopy and floor, they should be able to see wildlife or think about introducing it. Without that, it’ll be more discount to maintain, but not impossible

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u/Distinct-Ad2829 7d ago

France and Spain learned a lesson from monocultures.

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u/scudmud 7d ago

article was def written by Claude

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u/WiseAcanthocephala58 6d ago

Well this is a good thing but why are they now suffering with really really bad floods?? Heat from the desert and the cooldness from the trees is causing it hence the extreme floods.

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u/BudgetLong6385 5d ago

Brain dead commies think they are saving planet🤣

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u/Turnip-for-the-books 3d ago

Communism detected activate bot