Huge "regreening" efforts in China over the past few decades have activated the country's water cycle and moved water in ways that scientists are just now starting to understand.

China’s biggest tree-planting effort is the Great Green Wall in the country’s arid and semi-arid north. Started in 1978, the Great Green Wall was created to slow the expansion of deserts. Over the last five decades, it has helped grow forest cover from about 10% of China’s area in 1949 to more than 25%

Collectively, China’s ecosystem restoration initiatives account for 25% of the global net increase in leaf area between 2000 and 2017.

  • Bortcorns4Jeezus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    They have u also built a gigantic aqueduct that brings water from the south to the north.

    The problem is that the north is and always has been a desert. Beijing is not a sustainable place to build a huge city.