Great Green Wall 2.0: China is geoengineering deserts with ...
Dec 31, 2025 · Deserts are hard to reclaim because plants cannot survive on shifting sand, but scientists in northwest China are changing that by dropping vast amounts of blue-green algae …
Gluing Deserts Together: How China’s Blue-Green Algae Is ...
Jan 3, 2026 · Let me walk you through why this blue-green algae approach represents a fundamental shift in how we reclaim deserts, what it means for global desertification battles, …
Algae bringing deserts to life as part of ‘Great Green Wall’
Jan 1, 2026 · The new blue-green algae method, in contrast, significantly speeds up this process, enabling the formation of soil crusts in around a year, greatly improving humanity’s ability to …
China Uses Algae Geoengineering to Turn Deserts Into Fertile Land
Jan 2, 2026 · Scientists in China are pioneering a large-scale geoengineering initiative that uses cyanobacteria-based “artificial crusts” to convert lifeless desert dunes into stable, usable land. …
Chinese scientists use blue-green algae to transform barren ...
Jan 3, 2026 · Chinese researchers are working on a massive geoengineering project of “artificial crusting.” They are using vast amounts of blue-green algae to turn barren dunes into stable, …
China is Geoengineering Deserts With Blue-Green Algae
1 day ago · An anonymous reader shares a report: Deserts are hard to reclaim because plants cannot survive on shifting sand, but scientists in northwest China are changing that -- by …
New journal articles published in BG: • 'Nitrogen fixation in ...
China is advancing its Great Green Wall initiative with a geoengineering breakthrough of using blue-green algae to transform shifting desert sands into stable soil. Scientists at the Chinese ...