The remote locale that shielded plants during Earth’s biggest mass extinction
About 252 million years ago, 80 to 90 percent of life on Earth was wiped out. In the Turpan-Hami Basin, life persisted and ...
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Enormous government project nearly 50 years in the making encircles desert with trees: 'The Great Green Wall'
In Xinjiang, forest coverage has grown from 1% to 5% in 40 years, Reuters reported. Not to be confused with another ambitious Great Green Wall in Africa, China's overall program has already ...
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China just turned its biggest desert into a giant forest
The forest currently stretches over about 2,000 miles around the Taklamakan desert in China's northwestern region of Xinjiang. It is estimated that over 74 million acres of trees have been ...
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China sanctions U.S., Canadian officials over Xinjiang
BEIJING--China announced new sanctions against U.S. and Canadian officials in a growing political and economic feud over its policies in the traditionally Muslim region of Xinjiang. A statement ...