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China Planted 78 Billion New Trees And Seriously Messed Up Its Water Cycle

  • Publish date: Tuesday، 28 April 2026 Reading time: 1 min read
China Planted 78 Billion New Trees And Seriously Messed Up Its Water Cycle

Over the past few decades, China has transformed landscapes and added billions of trees to dozens of green afforestation programs to prevent desertification and climate change. But ecological research indicates that such large-scale afforestation can affect local water cycles and moisture gradients. The sheer volume of trees - tens of billions - planted has sparked concerns about potential negative effects, particularly on water tables and stream flows in northern areas.
 

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