China has morphed into a green powerhouse over the past decade, and their push to fight desertification is doing more than ...

Chinese scientists are testing whether cyanobacteria, the photosynthetic microorganisms that have shaped Earth’s soils for billions of years, can convert barren desert sand into ground capable of ...

Prolonged droughts followed by sudden bursts of rainfall -- how do desert soil bacteria manage to survive such harsh conditions? This long-debated question has now been answered by microbiologists.

Chinese researchers have demonstrated that bacteria can bind loose desert sand into a stable, wind-resistant crust, offering a potential new tool against desertification in some of the world’s driest ...

Food waste has long been a global challenge, but a new study shows it may also be part of the solution to desertification. Published in the Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts, the research ...

First authors Stefanie Imminger and Dimitri Meier sampling biocrusts in the Negev Desert, Israel. Credit: S. Imminger und D.V. Meier First authors Stefanie Imminger and Dimitri Meier sampling ...