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by normalaccess 123 days ago
This is the way
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Are you able to find it on Google Maps? Having a hard time locating it.

"Based on the results of this study, the Taklamakan Desert, although only around its rim, represents the first successful model demonstrating the possibility of transforming a desert into a carbon sink," Yung said.

I believe this is an example https://maps.app.goo.gl/aXtwERHb2pVxEVnV6

Those rows of greenery are the trees planted. They do a ton of this by hand, it's really fascinating.

> They do a ton of this by hand, it's really fascinating

They used to, but now they have robots that plant tree seedlings.

There's definitely a ring of green around it. If that's all human-made, good for them.
Maybe it's me but I couldn't see it.
Go to the link in GP's post then zoom out.
A lot of the roads that cross the desert look like they're flanked by trees or by some kind scrubby grass mounds. This road is flanked by trees or bushes https://maps.app.goo.gl/JW3gxd8wxSiuwhnZ7