Desertification prevention research. Scientists analysing experimental lichen crusts being developed to help fix the sands along the edge of the Tengg

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Desertification prevention research. Scientists analysing experimental lichen crusts being developed to help fix the sands along the edge of the Tengger desert, China, in order to help prevent the desert from spreading any further. Photographed in China.

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