One-third of the Earth's land surface is already degraded. The UN estimates that more than 2.6 billion people are harmed by land degradation, with countries losing up to US$10.6 trillion (£7.8 ...

The Loess Plateau, situated in northern China, boasts distinct geographical features delineating its expanse: it abuts the Inner Mongolia Plateau to the north, the eastern boundary is demarcated ...

China devastation as 8,000 years of human activity ‘stripped land bare’ CHINA'S Loess Plateau had its land "stripped bare" by 8,000 years of human activity, according to a documentary.

Home to more than 50 million people, the Loess Plateau in China’s Northwest takes its name from the dry powdery wind-blown soil. Centuries of overuse and overgrazing led to one of the highest erosion ...

Fine silt on the Chinese Loess Plateau may actually have come from due west, not the northwest, which would change conventional thinking about wind patterns over the last 2.6 million years.

During these times, the Loess Plateau would have been a temperate grassland crossed by streams and dotted with small lakes, offering rich grazing for horses, rhinos, deer, elephants, and ancient ...

The Loess Plateau in Gansu Province, China in 1993. Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket/Getty Images Green mountains and the blue-green waters of the Yellow River on the Loess Plateau in Yongjing, Gansu ...

A decade since a transformative trip abroad, the soccer players of Zhidan county, nestled in the Loess Plateau of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, continue to pursue their soccer dreams.