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Tough Trees Transforming Moroccan Desert
A biotech company has patented a hybrid tree species that can grow in the toughest environments and will be used to create biofuel.
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These could be really damaging if planted elsewhere to native trees.
Yea, luckily trees don't have legs or wings so we can find and eradicate them easily enough if they were introduced to the wrong environment.
Seems to have worked really well with Kudzu ;)
Shit grows everywhere down south. Once you get invaded, it's practically impossible to get the infestation taken care of. An amazingly resilient plant. I hope the fact that they're planting it in the desert helps limit the growth, but I guess we'll have to keep fingers crossed and see how it goes.