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Can a 4,000-mile wall of trees stop Sahara Desert's drift?

The pan-African Great Green Wall project aims to build a literal wall of trees to stop the Sahara Desert's southward creep. But is the idea too good to be true?

Slight warming could mean big permafrost thaw, say scientists

Change Agent Len Stanmore mixes adventure with helping others

Modern Parenthood China adoption diary: over the pole, the odyssey begins

After 13 days in orbit, China's first female astronaut returns to Earth (+video)

China's first female astronaut returns to Earth (+video)

Disputed Tyrannosaur skeleton will soon be returned to Mongolia from US

Did someone smuggle a Tyrannosaur skeleton out of Mongolia? (+video)

Tyrannosaur allegedly smuggled to US to be returned to Mongolia (+video)

Could China's Shenzhou 9 success usher in a new space race? (+video)

Fighter pilot set to become first Chinese woman in space (+video)

North Korean women sold into 'slavery' in China

China's great space station leap

Ai Weiwei: Can an artist change society?

Ai Weiwei: Why does he make Chinese authorities nervous?

In Pictures Space photos of the day: Pollution

The Way Back: movie review

Did horned dinosaurs island-hop to Europe?

Dust storm in Australia turns Sydney into Mars

A solar eclipse for the people

Skiing 'with Chinese characteristics?'

Tibet shepherds live on climate frontier

Chinese Muslims join global Islamic market

New film aims to remind South Koreans of suffering to their north

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