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Low-Tech Geohacking Methods that Changed The World
Geohacking may well be the science of the 21st century — with ambitious schemes like turning the Sahara Desert into a forest being bandied about. But we’ve actually been terraforming our own planet for thousands of years — and some of the most low-tech geohacking methods have had the most profound effects on the planet.
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Ascension Island was “terraformed” by the Royal Navy to provide a decent base for them, they planted different plants that gradually built up enough soil etc to catch all the seasonal rains and slowly let it out over the rest of the year.