"Drones that can plant 100k trees a day" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16260892 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16260892 FWIU, to grow a forest to

"Drones that can plant 100k trees a day" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16260892 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16260892 FWIU, to grow a forest to prevent and fight desertification, you have to plant more that trees; trees and all of the other little plants. Forest ecology > Matter and energy flows: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_ecology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_ecology Ecological succession > Succession by habitat type > Forest, Wetland, Grassland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_succession#Succession_by_habitat_type https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_succession#Successi... /? desertification: https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEA&search_query=Desertification+ https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEA&search_query=Deserti... TIL about residue mulching and no till farming. You can just mulch leaves around the trees with a lawnmower if you don't get into the roots (and that fertilizes the tree, prevents mud, and keeps the lawn from getting marshy from counterproductive leaf removal)