nicknamed the "Sea of Death," is China's largest desert. The work to enclose it is part of the larger Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program, also known as China's Great Green Wall. This broader ...

The Great Wall: From Beginning to End by William Lindesay and Michael Yamashita (2007): The story of Lindesay’s hike along the entire Ming wall, from the Yellow Sea to the desert foothills of ...

An ambitious and bold project looks to help desertification in Africa and to combat African nations from being swallowed up by the Sahara Desert.

This battle can be won': desert expert reveals how China's technology, funding and strategies aid ambitious environmental ...

Construction continued up to the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), when the Great Wall became the world's largest military structure. Its historic and strategic importance is matched only by its architectural ...

Gujarat to Delhi, it's a massive reforestation of the Aravalis to keep the Thar desert from advancing ...

The oldest known part of the Great Wall of China was recently excavated, dating 300 years earlier than the previous ...

Archaeologists in China have discovered a 2,800-year-old fortified wall that predates the country's first emperor. The wall, which runs through a narrow mountain pass in the eastern province of ...

The Great Wall was initially built to safeguard ancient China's northern borders. Archaeologists in eastern China have uncovered evidence that some sections of the Great Wall are far older than ...