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China's Largest Solar Farm Is Quietly Changing The Desert Around It (www.bgr.com)
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A solar farm in China is greening the land around it by reducing ground water evaporation, cutting down on wind, and adding water to the ground.

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[–] x00z@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

They could have just put normal plates there too if they wanted to change the area but instead they just used it for solar panels and "oopsie daisy, look there's grass growing, let's get some articles about the cool thing we did".