Chinese scientists turn sand into fertile soil

[Three_Kingdoms]

I've overlooked a good thread posted by @JSCh

Entrepreneur turns sand into gold
https://defence.pk/threads/entrepreneur-turns-sand-into-gold.388542/


Also come to meet the lead author Prof Yi Zhijian of the above article

@Three_Kingdoms 6:20, forests back in northern Shannxi's loess plateau!

@Chinese Bamboo Shannxi Province will be your second hometown in your life!

Thanks
It looks like the "Three-North Shelter Forest" project is working very well in the areas covered by video footage
It would be wonderful if the rest of the area is progressing just as good as the areas shown

 

[AndrewJin]

Thanks
It looks like the "Three-North Shelter Forest" project is working very well in the areas covered by video footage
It would be wonderful if the rest of the area is progressing just as good as the areas shown

It works in many regions, then let it go on with success
It also failed in some regions, then learn from the failure, what did we lose? At most it remains what is like originally.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

This is quite a massive scale change

 

[AndrewJin]

Fish on the desert!

Scientists are experimenting different methods in different regions.

A huge success story, highly acclaimed by UN
They also grow economical trees, can earn 100+k yuan per person (15k dollars per year per person)

 

[Three_Kingdoms]

Scientists are experimenting different methods in different regions.

流行无限 (pronounced as Liu-Xing-Wu-Xian, ) is one of my favourite CCTV Programme on Channel 9 and I remember the show has been repeatedly telling many great stories of our reforestation heroes and heroines in the deserts They have spent their whole lifetime struggles fighting against the ruthless and fast advancing deserts in different parts of China
The above YouTube attachments are some of these great stories. Many Thanks.

 

[AndrewJin]

流行无限 (pronounced as Liu-Xing-Wu-Xian, ) is one of my favourite CCTV Programme on Channel 9 and I remember the show has been repeatedly telling many great stories of our reforestation heroes and heroines in the deserts They have spent their whole lifetime struggles fighting against the ruthless and fast advancing deserts in different parts of China
The above YouTube attachments are some of these great stories. Many Thanks.

Encouraging story on the Loess Plateau in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region

Sichuan

A man has planted over 200 hectares of trees in a north China desert over the past 30 years to halt encroaching sand from a nearby desert.

Reforestation of the Kubuqi desert

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[Place Of Space]

The ever fourth largest lake will dry in 2020, report says. Sad. This lake loctes in Central Asia.

 

[Three_Kingdoms]

The ever fourth largest lake will dry in 2020, report says. Sad. This lake loctes in Central Asia.
View attachment 333661

Yeah that is a great great concern
Probably the left pic is rainy season and the other in dry season like the satellite images of our biggest Po Yang lake which marks different and contrasting scenarioes between wet and dry seasons

Let's take a look at satellite images of Poyang Lake

中国气象网讯 据中国气象局国家卫星中心监测资料显示，受近期南方降雨偏多等因素影响，鄱阳湖、洞庭湖水体范围明显大于近年同期。

Left pic: area of lake was 3.205 sq km on 17 May 2012
Right pic: area of lake was 2,860 sq km on 6 May, 2012
An increase of 16% due to the downpours

　　利用风云三号2012年5月17日鄱阳湖水情监测图(左图)估算的鄱阳湖水体面积约)3205平方公里。与5月11日气象卫星遥感鄱阳湖水体面积（约2940平方公里）相比偏大约9%，与5月6日（2806平方公里，右图）相比偏大约14%。

And the images taken in Dongting Lake was more obvious between different times in a rainy season

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　　利用风云三号2012年5月17日洞庭湖水情监测图(左图)估算的洞庭湖水体面积约1479平方公里。与5月11日气象卫星遥感洞庭湖水体面积（约904平方公里）相比偏大约63%，与5月6日（765平方公里，右图）相比偏大约94%。

Left pic: area of lake was 1.479 sq km on 17 May 2012
Right pic: area of lake was 765 sq km on 6 May, 2012
An increase of 94% due to the rain

http://www.cma.gov.cn/2011xwzx/2011xqxxw/2011xzytq/201205/t20120517_173085.html

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Also:

Detail over China’s Poyang lake from the ASAR on Envisat acquired on 14 April 2008 (left) in ‘alternating polarisation’ mode, and from the Sentinel-1A SAR acquired on 12 May 2014 (right) in ‘dual polarisation’ mode.
http://phys.org/news/2014-06-ten-year-old-dragon-gains-strength.html
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2014-06-ten-year-old-dragon-gains-strength.html#jCp

 

[Place Of Space]

Yeah that is a great great concern
Probably the left pic is rainy season and the other in dry season like the satellite images of our biggest Po Yang lake which marks a different and contrasting scenarioes between wet and dry seasons

Let's take a look at satellite images of Poyang Lake

中国气象网讯 据中国气象局国家卫星中心监测资料显示，受近期南方降雨偏多等因素影响，鄱阳湖、洞庭湖水体范围明显大于近年同期。

Left pic: area of lake was 3.205 sq km on 17 May 2012
Right pic: area of lake was 2,860 sq km on 6 May, 2012
An increase of 16% due to the downpours

　　利用风云三号2012年5月17日鄱阳湖水情监测图(左图)估算的鄱阳湖水体面积约)3205平方公里。与5月11日气象卫星遥感鄱阳湖水体面积（约2940平方公里）相比偏大约9%，与5月6日（2806平方公里，右图）相比偏大约14%。

And the images taken in Dongting Lake was more obvious between different times in a rainy season

。

　　利用风云三号2012年5月17日洞庭湖水情监测图(左图)估算的洞庭湖水体面积约1479平方公里。与5月11日气象卫星遥感洞庭湖水体面积（约904平方公里）相比偏大约63%，与5月6日（765平方公里，右图）相比偏大约94%。

Left pic: area of lake was 1.479 sq km on 17 May 2012
Right pic: area of lake was 765 sq km on 6 May, 2012
An increase of 94% due to the rain

http://www.cma.gov.cn/2011xwzx/2011xqxxw/2011xzytq/201205/t20120517_173085.html

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Also:

Detail over China’s Poyang lake from the ASAR on Envisat acquired on 14 April 2008 (left) in ‘alternating polarisation’ mode, and from the Sentinel-1A SAR acquired on 12 May 2014 (right) in ‘dual polarisation’ mode.
http://phys.org/news/2014-06-ten-year-old-dragon-gains-strength.html
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2014-06-ten-year-old-dragon-gains-strength.html#jCp

No, both fotos are shot by satellite. The left one was shot in 1960 and the right shrink one is shot in recently.

 

[Three_Kingdoms]

No, both fotos are shot by satellite. The left one was shot in 1960 and the right shrink one is shot in recently.

The Aral Sea in Central Asia, 2000 (left foto) vs. 2014 NASA

The location is in Central Asia - " Aral Sea was once the fourth largest lake in the world. Now, the body of water has split into the Northern and Southern Aral seas – the eastern lobe drying up completely in 2014. According to NASA, the loss of this water has meant the region experiences colder winters and hotter and drier summers."

http://www.greenpeace.org.au/blog/human-changes-earth/
http://www.businessinsider.com/photos-show-how-climate-change-is-reshaping-earth-2015-5

The fainted contour line indeed marked the outline of the lake in 1960 in you above left photo though

Regardless it is an emergency call for the Central Asia's governments to restore the eco-system there now

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

The ever fourth largest lake will dry in 2020, report says. Sad. This lake loctes in Central Asia.
View attachment 333661

Considering the amount of flood water that comes to China surprising that some of that water cannot be transferred to such dry areas

 

[waz]

Excellent progress. Well done China!

 

[Place Of Space]

Considering the amount of flood water that comes to China surprising that some of that water cannot be transferred to such dry areas

The expenditure of transferring water to dry areas is too huge. Western and Northern China is mush higher in elevation than Eastern and Southern China.
China geo-landform is like a 3-steps ladder, from high west part down to lower east part.

 

[Three_Kingdoms]

Considering the amount of flood water that comes to China surprising that some of that water cannot be transferred to such dry areas

It is a massive undertaking, the world's largest and grandest water diversion project and we are addressing the problems directly

China Century Project South–North Water Transfer Project HD 2400KM

China’s water diversion project starts to flow to Beijing
China's water transfer project begins (video)
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/video/2014-12/12/c_133851268.htm


China transforms it's second biggest desert into a fertile oasis

 

[AndrewJin]

It is a massive undertaking, the world's largest and grandest water diversion project and we are addressing the problems directly

China Century Project South–North Water Transfer Project HD 2400KM

China’s water diversion project starts to flow to Beijing
China's water transfer project begins (video)
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/video/2014-12/12/c_133851268.htm


China transforms it's second biggest desert into a fertile oasis

Impressive!