Sand dunes expanding and swallowing up forest in Shanxi province in China. The province has been particularly badly hit by an ongoing drought with eve

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Sand dunes expanding and swallowing up forest in Shanxi province in China. The province has been particularly badly hit by an ongoing drought with ever drier conditions and creeping desertification.

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