Would You Stay if Your Home Became a Desert? | National Geographic

Watch how one herder's traditional way of life is threatened by sandstorms and drought.
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See what living on the Gobi Desert is like. Fertile land in parts of Inner Mongolia has become desert, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to leave their homes. Across China, desert expansion since 1950 has engulfed an area as large as France and Germany combined. Agriculture has been especially hit hard, with frequent sandstorms and droughts decimating grasslands. Watch how one man is struggling to raise livestock and witnessing his neighbors abandon the once-vibrant traditional community.
Read "China's 'Great Green Wall' Fights Expanding Desert."
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[@teatea4496]

Over farming is bad. Reminds me of the dust bowl in America. They had the same problem where over farming started causing dust storms

[@philtripe]

its not the same...this is called desertification...look it up

[@teatea4496]

phil tripe he mentioned that the grasslands started disappearing i believe the same thing

[@YanjunLuo]

The place near my hometown, I think it's somewhere west of Gansu province.

[@yodamaster757]

Well Yoda lives in swamp...

[@olie0561]

lol

[@zafarerkinov6864]

Yoda Master u

[@theblacksorrow]

NO

[@adithya945]

some really good things are happening in nature!

[@wonderingfilms1201]

if this was Interstellar, he'd be on a spaceship by now.

[@sarathi1638]

It's good to be your own boss

[@seigeengine]

Many would disagree. There are plenty of disadvantages to being a boss, whether of others, or of yourself. It's great for some, and awful for others. As for your aversion... be careful of that ego. ;)

[@djprogramer973]

Indeed. Man may populate land but mothernature still rules over it. Example A: this video, good luck to this man.

[@NewMessage]

It's ok.. they are easily startled .. but they'll be back. And in greater numbers.

[@killercaos123]

tough living

[@maychen5138]

伯伯加油！

[@user-bp7mz7ms5u]

omg

[@bubblebuttbubberduck8912]

jokes on you I live in Arizona

[@alexdromero13]

i was gonna say that

[@plumboos8339]

BubblebuttBubberduck *laughs in saudi arabia with daily temprature of 45 degrees*

[@DivineSquid]

*laughs with you but in kuwait instead*

[@philtripe]

we can still grow plants in arizona...idiot

[@ISHAKABOOM]

Took the words out of my mouth. LOL

[@XxScArEcRoWxX1]

my homeland already is a desert. it's arizona

[@b_uppy]

They need to use permaculture and Restoration Agriculture techniques.

[@wheelie26]

In the UK the only sand is in a beach!!

[@Moonman63]

It’s call Tucson, why people live there I have no idea.

[@rodney73991]

im sorry last time chine green grasses mountings and trees eye see how lose trees turn dessert?

[@molock10]

Radiant Historia anyone?

[@donaldfewell9929]

I would go where I can become steadily employed, with access to food and water.

[@rchuso]

Sounds like an intelligent man. But is the problem caused by there being too many people to feed?

[@PVTfluffy]

well i already do so.... yeah apparently.

[@RuleOfThum42]

What dialect is he speaking in? It sounds a bit like Mandarin.

[@jinxmaster7927]

why have i not known until now that there is a desert in china ._.

[@seigeengine]

cause you've never looked at a world map?

[@topgunjc40]

yes I would live there. me and god could get closer together.

[@repainxxpain3577]

*laughs in middle eastern*

[@mrspone1000]

err your cattle and sheep are causing desertification mate .

[@adamstone897]

It happened to my ancestors at an ancient lake 5,000 years ago in the Sahara. I lived inside a camel for three days while a sandstorm whipped the Nile River

[@H4WK6969]

All i took away from this video is it sucks to farm in a desert, well duh!

[@dulceg928]

I live in Nevada fam, I'm already in the desert

[@olie0561]

good for you

[@piscesrain8882]

You have to give back to the land not suck it dry .

[@175cm52kg]

is there room for me in the comment section?

[@xapemanx]

just plant grass

[@FATTYBONGRIPS]

deadass ikr

[@olie0561]

ye i try to make it as a beach and have hot chicks over lol

[@ac11dc110]

A good place for trump to live

[@jacksparzi]

That's what they got for destroy the environment !

[@wackey2k10]

would you stay if you could get free handouts in Europe?