China has launched a new offensive on desertification in western Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, deploying the same technology used on the moon to help safeguard food security. Last month, several projects involving sand control, desertification prevention, and wind erosion and salinity management were launched at the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography (XIEG). The projects are meant to help the region build an ecological barrier to protect the region’s...