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China Planted 78 Billion New Trees, and Seriously Messed Up Its Water Cycle
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this post was submitted on 25 Apr 2026
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Did you even read the article? Chinese researchers found that reforesting areas like grasslands into forest (as an example), redistributed water from the water cycle.
Nowhere in the article doesn't it say "China bad". The researchers said they should take into account how water availability could change when planning future deforestation efforts.
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