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by eukgoekoko 1946 days ago
The goal of this project is to replace tundra with grasslands. And tundra isn't a forest really, it's quite the opposite: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tundra
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Errr, the article you're quoting says:

> Tundra vegetation is composed of dwarf shrubs, sedges and grasses, mosses, and lichens.

So, they want to replace grassland with... grassland (maybe with less shrubs)?

The topsoil in tundra is really thin, is rock basically and is ultra-poor and acidic. Very different ecosystems.

To remove the layer of soil is easy but to make it appear again magically... not. You need thousands of years in some cases.