World added an Amazon's worth of plant coverage; China and India contributed the most: NASA
was made using a satellite-mounted instrument known as the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer that has captured up to four images of every place on Earth daily since launching in 1999.
In fact, a substantial portion of the greening – at least one third but probably more – has come from humans planting trees and crops. India had the second biggest increase, with nearly seven per cent growth in vegetation coverage over one decade. Nearly 82 per cent of the greening in India came from agriculture.
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