Dust storms in northern China, largely originating from Mongolia, highlight regional desertification and climate challenges.
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China planted 78B trees and disrupted its own water cycle

China set out to halt dust storms, reclaim deserts and lock away carbon by planting trees at a scale no country had attempted before. In the process, it has unintentionally rewritten how water moves ...
China set out to fight desertification and climate change by planting trees at a scale no country has attempted before, carpeting vast swaths of land with new forests. That campaign has now collided ...
This figure summarizes the changes in dust emissions and source contributions of each large dust event across Central East Asia from 2000 to 2023. Bar graph (a) shows the annual average contribution ...
The Martian atmosphere is primarily characterized by a dust cycle that exhibits significant interannual variability, largely driven by episodic Global Dust Storms (GDSs). In a 50-year simulation, the ...
Dust storms are nothing new to Arizona, a state that sees the massive walls of dust roll in every year. In the past month, the Phoenix area saw two major storms, causing flight cancellations, damaged ...