China set out to stop its deserts from swallowing farms and cities by planting trees on a scale the planet had never seen. After decades of work and tens of billions of saplings, scientists now say ...
China’s ambitious re-greening efforts are certainly good for the planet, but they may also be unintentionally redistributing ...
China set out to stop its deserts from marching east and to lock more carbon in the ground. In the process, it planted tens ...
Reforesting areas of the world comes with major benefits, but adding billions of trees can come with unintended consequences. A new study details how China’s massive regreening effort has altered the ...
Trees play a central role in life on Earth. They store CO₂, provide habitats for animals, fungi, and insects, stabilize soils ...
China’s massive tree-planting push has long been hailed as a climate win. But new research shows the country’s ambitious effort to slow land degradation, and fight climate change, has also reshaped ...