Study indicates groundwater sapping led to desertification of parts of Inner Mongolia

(Phys.org)—A combined team of American and Chinese researchers has found evidence that suggests that parts of Inner Mongolia that were thought to have been desert for a million years, might have actually dried up just over four thousand years ago. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the team describes their research efforts, their findings and why what they have uncovered might lead to rethinking much of early Chinese history.

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