To combat desertification, China has encircled Taklimakan Desert with a sand-blocking green belt (peertube.mesnumeriques.fr)

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I don't know if that sand has an ecological effect and process that goes along with it but I struggle to believe it doesn't do something in some way.

The Amazon, like most tropical rainforests, is poor in potassium and other leachable minerals. Sand from the Sahara brings in new minerals.

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