Nitpick, but:
have increased evapotranspiration, which is a portmanteau of evaporation and transpiration
Bruh, if you're going to explain a not-at-all unclear fancy word, why not just use the explanation in the article (e.g. "have increased evaporation and transpiration")
This smells of AI writing.
Wait.... 78 Billion trees. As in with a 'b' billion? In all seriousness, how?
Not much substance to this article. But it is noteworthy that the trees also increased precipitation for their own benefit. The bluish haze you see as trees fade away toward the horizon is from compounds they release that act as nuclei for rain drops - yes forests do their own cloud seeding. You know who else has really messed up their water cycle? California, or probably most of the western states. Anyway.
Unlike gigiachad America, which cuts down all its trees to build data centers.
Ugh seriously stop trying to paint China's achievements as disasters because every where else is succumbing to fascism.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly... She planted 78 billion trees to combat soil erosion. They swayed and grew and and fucked up her water.
I wonder why she swallowed the fly, perhaps she'll die.
.... but at what cost?
Reforest the oceans, shrubs and grasses are good enough for land.
China racking up those Ws
I think this will get worked out pretty quickly. They need to get the water to the land, that's all. Planting trees is a great thing, not sure why this article tries to make it sound like "China fucked up."
According to the study, the country’s northern regions contain roughly 46 percent of its population and more than half of the arable land, but only 20 percent of water availability. The authors argue that these altered hydrological cycles need to be taken into account when planning future reforestation efforts.
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