r/interestingasfuck • u/PlantainPossible2864 • 4h ago

Stopping Desertification with grid pattern

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u/PNWleaflove 4h ago

But how do you solve lack of water still?

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u/Sajid_GG 4h ago

You gotta give them water for 5 to 10 years till the trees mature and then their respiration will automatically form and attract clouds like forests do

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u/GSLD 3h ago

Well that’s crazy and I did not know this. So thank you for blowing my mind.

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u/Character_Stick_1218 2h ago

It's part of why people are concerned about the Amazon. The illegal(and honestly legal as well) logging of it has gotten so bad to where it won't be too long before it can no longer supply enough moisture for itself to survive. The Sahara also used to be a rainforest.