China’s efforts to slow land degradation and climate change by planting trees and restoring grasslands have shifted water around the country in huge, unforeseen ways, new research shows.

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      18 hours ago

      The areas of China with higher percentages of population is overall getting less water than before as there is more evaporation and China will need to account for this in their water distribution plans.

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        22 hours ago

        No, your stupid and unhelpful comment aside. The environment has evolved and changed over millions of years in the most delicate balance. Sudden large scale ecological changes by man can have a wide reaching effect all around the globe so it’s hard to predict the outcome of something like this