China’s Loess Plateau proves handling climate change is an ongoing effort

China’s Loess Plateau proves handling climate change is an ongoing effort

The Loess Plateau in central China may not be universally known, yet its surface area of 640,000 square kilometres (around 6.5% of China’s land area) makes it a significant part of the country. However, decades of intensive farming had turned it into the most eroded place on Earth by the end of the 20th century, according to a documentary by ecologist John D. Liu. Severe changes over recent decades appear to have reversed some of the damage, but…