This reminded me of a recent Economist [1] article about China's "Great Green Wall" around the Gobi. Per the article scientists think the tree wall might not ac

This reminded me of a recent Economist [1] article about China's "Great Green Wall" around the Gobi. Per the article scientists think the tree wall might not actually prevent desertification, and that there are potential externalities from planting masses of non-native vegetation. Nonetheless it sounds really cool and I hope the sceptics are wrong! [1] I found an archived link but I wasn't able to view it for more than a second in the browser. In the end I just curl-ed it to see the source: https://web.archive.org/web/20191208001344/http://www.economist.com/china/2019/05/18/chinas-desert-taming-green-great-wall-is-not-as-great-as-it-sounds https://web.archive.org/web/20191208001344/http://www.econom...