Yahoo News New Zealand·3 min read·medium
Something Weird Is Going on With the 66 Billion Trees China Planted in a Huge Wall
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China's 'Great Green Wall' project has successfully planted 66 billion trees to combat desertification, with recent studies showing these trees grow faster than those in natural forests. Researchers are now investigating whether these artificial forests are as effective at carbon sequestration as natural ecosystems.
Pedro Pardo / AFP via Getty Images Over the past five decades, China has planted 66 billion trees in a massive wall that spans the Gobi and Taklamakan deserts. This reforestation effort intended to stop the deserts’ spread is working — but, it turns out, with a surprising twist.
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