China’s planted a bunch of new trees since 1981, but that extra foliage is shifting more precipitation to some areas while ...

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China’s vast tree-planting campaigns have not only greened deserts and hillsides, they have also altered how water moves through the country’s air, soil and rivers. By turning bare land into forest at ...

A new study shows China's decades-long reforestation projects, including the Great Green Wall, have altered the country's hydrology. Increased vegetation has boosted evaporation and transpiration, ...

In a remote stretch of the Sahara Desert, rows of young fruit trees are taking root in shifting sands, an unusual sight in ...

In June 2023, I hugged a tree. It wasn’t a special tree, and I didn’t hug it to save it or to make a political statement. I don’t even remember what kind of tree it was, just that it was on the campus ...

China’s tree nut consumption is surging and pistachios from U.S. growers — that means California farmers — have emerged as one of the top options. The U.S. supplied 90,675 metric tons of pistachios to ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when reading this story: According to Reuters, China grew 116,000 square miles of trees, increasing the country’s total forest coverage from 10 percent in 1949 to roughly 25 ...