Noor et al. (2026): Human-induced biospheric carbon sink: Impact from the Taklamakan Afforestation Project
Salma Noor, Xun Jiang, Xinyue Wang, Jiani Yang, Sally Newman, King-Fai Li, Liming Li, Le Yu, Xiyu Li and Yuk L Yung, IN: PubMed, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41557807/
The Taklamakan Desert, one of the world’s largest and driest deserts, has traditionally been considered a biological void. Here, the authors demonstrate that large-scale ecological restoration is transforming this hyperarid environment into a carbon sink.