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Ecological imbalance
HOME > PAST ISSUE > REPORTS [Premium content]August 2007
Desert areas in Northern China are gaining ground. The only solution may be to eliminate farmland
The yellow dunes on the drive north from Minqin County, Gansu Province, are impossible to miss. They appear one after the other among the wheat fields and are dotted with dead trees.
At one point, small white shells can be seen, marking the edge of what was once a lake. The water was 40 meters deep here in the 1950s.
“There were many fish in the water and reeds on the bank. My children grew up playing there,” said a septuagenarian resident named He, one ...
At one point, small white shells can be seen, marking the edge of what was once a lake. The water was 40 meters deep here in the 1950s.
“There were many fish in the water and reeds on the bank. My children grew up playing there,” said a septuagenarian resident named He, one ...
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