{"id":157505,"date":"2026-09-16T10:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T10:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=157505"},"modified":"2026-09-16T10:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T10:00:08","slug":"geologists-find-unexpectedly-large-water-sources-in-xinjiang-beneath-chinas-largest-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=157505","title":{"rendered":"Geologists find unexpectedly large water sources in Xinjiang beneath China\u2019s largest desert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostGeologists have discovered two large water sources beneath China\u2019s largest desert, potentially offering the northwestern region a vital new tap for sand-control projects and agriculture.<br \/>\nThe desert region has drawn attention for extensive afforestation and anti-desertification efforts taking place around its edges under the Great Green Wall initiative, alongside a rainfall trend that is transforming arid western China.<br \/>\nThe groundwater discoveries were made as part of a water-finding project in&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3367668\/geologists-find-unexpectedly-large-water-sources-xinjiang-beneath-chinas-largest-desert?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostGeologists have discovered two large water sources beneath China\u2019s largest desert, potentially offering the northwestern region a vital new tap for sand-control projects and&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157505"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=157505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157505\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=157505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=157505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=157505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}