On straw checkerboards laid across northwest China, a dark film spread over treated sand and stayed after seasonal dust storms. […] In trials near the Taklamakan Desert in Xinjiang in northwest China, CAS teams saw crusts stabilize sand within 10 to 16 months.
So they treated the sand with a microbial sludge and it did not blow away.
Later in the article …
Even in the best cases, that still meant waiting two to three years for a mature crust that resists disturbance.
It’s great that people are researching techniques to increase arable land, but this article is pretty trashy.
Honestly I almost ignored the 10 months when reading the headline as my brain sorta ignored it. That is a goofily small amount of time for something like this.
Sensational title.
So they treated the sand with a microbial sludge and it did not blow away.
Later in the article …
It’s great that people are researching techniques to increase arable land, but this article is pretty trashy.
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Only two thirds?
Honestly I almost ignored the 10 months when reading the headline as my brain sorta ignored it. That is a goofily small amount of time for something like this.
We all saw The Martian. The secret is poop.
Biosludge pls, we’re being professional