Active water management brings possibility restoration to degraded lakes in dryland regions: a case study of Lop Nur, China

Abstract Protecting and restoring the degraded arid lakes are globally urgent issues. We document a potential recovery of the dried salt-lake, Lop Nur called "the Sea of Death" which is located at the terminus of the largest inland basin in China, the Tarim River Basin. The changes and rel...

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Main Authors: Shanlong Lu, Yong Wang, Jinfeng Zhou, Alice C. Hughes, Mingyang Li, Cong Du, Xiaohong Yang, Yutong Xiong, Feng Zi, Wenzhong Wang, Zhaoxian Zheng, Chun Fang, Shunli Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-11-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23462-9