China has finished building a 3,046km green wall through the Taklimakan Desert. The large green belt of red willows, saxaul, ...

Dandan-Oilik was once a thriving complex packed with Buddhist temples in the Taklimakan desert. What do we know now about ...

Everyone knows the Great Wall of China, but likely far fewer have heard of China's "Great Green Wall," which recently hit a major milestone after more than four decades of tree-planting.

Extreme temperatures, scarce water, and unpredictable weather characterize the harsh conditions of a typical desert. The Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography (XIEG), Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

The Taklimakan Desert, once known as the "sea of death," is now encircled with a 3,046-km green belt. This incredible achievement is part of China's Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program ...

Hailed as "another feat in human history", China has announced the completion of a 3,046-kilometer (1,892-mile) sand-blocking green belt along the Taklimakan Desert, the nation's largest desert.

These trees can live to be over a thousand years old A Euphrates poplar tree (Populus euphratica), Taklimakan Desert, China. These trees can live to be over a thousand years old. They survive as ...

On the western border of the Taklimakan Desert in southwest Xinjiang, there is a beautiful oasis, in the center of which stands the old and ancient charming city of Kashi. Kashi used to be the las ...

China has finished building a 3,046km green wall through the Taklimakan Desert. The large green belt of red willows, saxaul, and other trees will act as a giant sand-stopping barrier. The ...

In November, workers in the northwest autonomous region of Xinjiang completed a roughly 2,000-mile "green belt" around the Taklimakan Desert, Reuters reported, citing state-run media. The ...