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China Tried to Block the Gobi Desert with Millions of Trees, Only to Turn a “Biological Void” Into Carbon-Sink Territory

Summary by The Daily Galaxy
On November 28, 2024, crews on the southern rim of the Taklamakan Desert planted the last 100 meters of trees. Chinese state reporting said the final stretch completed a 3,046-kilometer green belt encircling the desert in Xinjiang, turning decades of incremental planting into a continuous perimeter. The barrier was never pitched as a climate experiment. It was built to slow dune movement near roads, farms, and settlements, and to blunt dust that…
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The Daily Galaxy broke the news in on Sunday, March 15, 2026.
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