China Tried to Block the Gobi Desert with Millions of Trees, Only to Turn a “Biological Void” Into Carbon-Sink Territory

Planting trees at the deserts edge has an ecological benefit, helps maintain the size of the desert, and acts as a carbon sink that actually helps scrub more of the earths gasses. 

 

https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/03/china-taklamakan-desert-green-belt-becomes-carbon-sink/