{"id":247282,"date":"2026-05-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/china-launches-new-war-on-deserts-with-technology-tested-on-far-side-of-the-moon\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T07:30:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T11:30:47","slug":"china-launches-new-war-on-deserts-with-technology-tested-on-far-side-of-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/china-launches-new-war-on-deserts-with-technology-tested-on-far-side-of-the-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"China launches new war on deserts with technology tested on far side of the moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3353836\/china-launches-new-war-deserts-technology-tested-far-side-moon\">China launches new war on deserts with technology tested on far side of the moon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3353836\/china-launches-new-war-deserts-technology-tested-far-side-moon\">https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3353836\/china-launches-new-war-deserts-technology-tested-far-side-moon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-17 00:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.scmp.com\">www.scmp.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">China has launched a new offensive on desertification in western Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, deploying the same technology used on the moon to help safeguard food security.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, several projects involving sand control, desertification prevention, and wind erosion and salinity management were launched at the <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Chinese Academy of Sciences<\/span>\u2019 Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography (XIEG).<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The projects are meant to help the region build an ecological barrier to protect the region\u2019s arable land from erosion and desertification, according to a report last month by Science and Technology Daily, the official newspaper of the Ministry of Science and Technology.<\/p>\n<p>Xinjiang is one of the main sites of <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">China\u2019s \u201cgreat green wall\u201d<\/span>, a massive project to prevent desertification or the degradation of fertile land into arid desert-like land due to climate variations and human activity.This includes surrounding the <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Taklamakan Desert<\/span> \u2013 China\u2019s largest desert and the second-largest sand-shifting desert in the world \u2013 with a green belt that includes drought-tolerant plants and sand-fixing technologies such as straw grids.<\/p>\n<p 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