US EditionTaklamakan Desert: China Plants 66 Billion Trees, Turns Desert Into Carbon Sink
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Taklamakan Desert: China Plants 66 Billion Trees, Turns Desert Into Carbon Sink
For decades, the Taklamakan Desert symbolized geological stubbornness. A basin ringed by mountains, starved of moisture, and famous for sandstorms that could swallow roads overnight. Now scientists say its outer rim has begun behaving differently. Instead of only emitting carbon, parts of the region are absorbing it. The shift comes after nearly half a century of ecological engineering under China’s massive afforestation campaign. Often called t…
A study shows that the periphery of one of the world's most arid deserts has become a carbon sink, linked to a reforestation programme launched more than forty years ago by the Chinese authorities.
China is driving massive reforestation in the Taklamakan desert, creating green belts that reduce desertification and increase carbon capture in Xinjiang.
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