Wednesday, March 27, 2019

China and India Are Making a Greener Earth

Human efforts are producing a greener Earth. But the news is not all good, because some of the greening comes from fertiliser pollution.

2Bali ricefields (Photo Credit: Claudia Fernández Ortiz (@killpeopleinyourmind) on Unsplash) Click to Enlarge.
Despite climate change, water scarcity, and the many ills affecting the planet, this generation is living on an increasingly greener Earth.

Measurements from space show that some parts of the northern hemisphere, notably China and India, are a lot greener than they used to be, which is potentially very good news for the climate.

Growing vegetation takes up a great deal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, so the more that plants and trees can use, the greater the chance of slowing global warming.

Read more at China and India Are Making a Greener Earth

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