A misleading way to transform the natural desert into farmland

• Benli Liu,
• Bo Wu,
• Ziqiang Lei,
• Jinnian Tang,
• Yongchun Zheng

Affiliations

Benli Liu

Department of Desert and Desertification, Northwest Institute of Eco-environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China

Bo Wu

Institute of Desertification Studies/Institute of Ecological Conservation and Restoration, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China

Ziqiang Lei

College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China

Jinnian Tang

Gansu Desert Control Research Institute, Lanzhou 730071, China

Yongchun Zheng

National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; Corresponding author