Despite new rhetoric over climate change, China is unlikely to see any real progress in environmental policies until its political system is overhauled, says Jonathan Watts.
deserts actually do have lots of species that live there
deserts have some of the lowest biodiversity on the planet, and virtually no biomass. There is 10x less biomass in a desert than in grassland, and 70x less than in a forest.
you could add up all the animals and plants that lived in all of the world's deserts, it'd be an equivalent amount of life to New England + NY state
Also there'd be the formation of new life that wouldn't have otherwise existed, plus the partial reversal of global warming
of course, desert creatures are interesting and should be preserved. But turning deserts into greenery is just too big to pass up, you could literally use all of the newly acquired resources to feed those desert animals + have a huge surplus left over
deserts have some of the lowest biodiversity on the planet, and virtually no biomass. There is 10x less biomass in a desert than in grassland, and 70x less than in a forest.
you could add up all the animals and plants that lived in all of the world's deserts, it'd be an equivalent amount of life to New England + NY state
Also there'd be the formation of new life that wouldn't have otherwise existed, plus the partial reversal of global warming
of course, desert creatures are interesting and should be preserved. But turning deserts into greenery is just too big to pass up, you could literally use all of the newly acquired resources to feed those desert animals + have a huge surplus left over