The Taklimakan Desert and the Gurbantunggut Desert on each side of the Tianshan Mountains in west China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have become wetter and greener thanks to the global warming and human efforts.

The effects of global warming, together with the greening project along with Tarim oil exploitations, have significantly changed regional climate patterns in the central part of the Taklimakan Desert. According to statistics from a meteorological station in Bayinguoleng Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the number of days with precipitation was 33 in the area this year, much more than the average number of previous years.

The record for this decade also indicates that last year's relative humidity was four percent higher than that of 1998, while the number of windy days decreased by 13 days.

The green belt in the center of the Taklimakan Desert has expanded year after year since 1994. The Tarim Oilfield, in cooperation with the Institute of Eco...

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