Workers in Horqin district build grass grids for sand control in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, June 17. Wang's unit, State Grid Tongliao Power Supply Co, has developed a new model of coexistence between the sandy grid and economic necessity, letting its staff members engage in a campaign they call the "Hundred-Herb Bag Initiative" and plant fire-resistant green vegetation …
How Dubai is pushing back its encroaching deserts Travel Wild/ Alamy A person walks along a deserted road in the Dubai desert covered with sand dunes, towards a foggy Dubai skyscape Desertification threatens food supply in Dubai. "Trees bind the soil, sequester carbon, improve soil fertility and also improve infiltration and recharge of groundwater," says Anna Tengberg, a professor at …
