State Forestry Administration data shows that in the late 1990s the country’s deserts were expanding by 10,400 square kilometres a year. The rate of expansion has since dropped by two thirds, to 2,424 ...

Despite China's strong efforts to control desertification, deserts in the western regions are still expanding, a forestry official said on Monday. He made the remarks at a press launch of the ...

It's not just Chen's home region that's at risk. The relocation program is part of a larger plan to rein in China's expanding deserts, which now cover one-third of the country and continue to grow ...

But the usefulness of those policies is debated by scientists, and deserts are expanding in critical regions. Beijing ARID REGIONS TENGGER DESERT Nearly 20 percent of China is desert, and drought ...

They include everything from the 'dry-sub-humid' regions of eastern Mediterranean croplands, to full-blown 'hyper-arid' deserts such as the Sahara. "There are serious gaps in our understanding of ...

A new study published in The Innovation has revealed the microstructure and expansion mechanism of cyanobacteria-dominated ...

We have been living here for generations. These areas were marshes full of water and the lands were fertile. We used to farm all year. Today it’s a total desert,” said Riyadh Al Ghazali one of the ...

When legacy outlets close in smaller cities and rural areas — especially if they have high poverty rates — the region often sees no replacement, creating what researchers call “news deserts.” ...