China set out to halt dust storms, reclaim deserts and lock away carbon by planting trees at a scale no country had attempted before. In the process, it has unintentionally rewritten how water moves ...

Reforesting areas of the world comes with major benefits, but adding billions of trees can come with unintended consequences. A new study details how China’s massive regreening effort has altered the ...

China set out to fight desertification and climate change by planting trees at a scale no country has attempted before, carpeting vast swaths of land with new forests. That campaign has now collided ...