https://www.deserttolife.org/home daily 1.0 2026-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/deedd003-46dd-4a43-a719-3a7924041b83/01-goji-field.jpg Home Rows of goji in late summer · Qaidam Basin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/175e0db9-10be-441f-b711-21db859b193b/01-swans.jpg Home Swans at the edge of winter ice · Qaidam Basin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/1a840b9c-dc1d-4006-98aa-d8c52cd1c580/01-winter-network.jpg Home Winter waterways · Qaidam Basin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/54350292-6b9b-4a6c-b6b1-7d9c453b1652/comparison-sand-1800.jpg Home Unrestored desert site · Qaidam Basin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/1780932031.11286-ZBCPULHSCKQTWCTIVHHM/imgg-gg3p-BC-DQ-U-4232d553.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/a089bca8-7ea1-4304-9092-c2cf85501e67/02-farm-overview.jpg Home Fields and shelterbelts · Qaidam Basin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/5b63478e-82f0-4687-9667-084d55a58c50/02-birds.jpg Home Birds in the landscape · Qaidam Basin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/1d08c669-775d-4751-ad0b-4a7fe7cd158c/08-summer-wetland.jpg Home Late-summer wetland · Qaidam Basin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/42e24b93-74d1-4669-a55e-3a1e40f5e365/comparison-green-1800.jpg Home Restoration in progress · Qaidam Basin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/1780932029.129915-IMJKRJFAHSBPFQAUSTES/imgg-gg3p-BC-DQ-Y-fe58148c.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/bf2d2486-1216-4dcf-bd58-e37d847bfdcf/03-goji-fruit.jpg Home Goji berries ripen on the branches · Qaidam Basin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/fef3b344-23d1-442e-bc96-f102f4d9d27a/03-flock.jpg Home Sheep along the shore · Qaidam Basin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/fda8a16c-0508-4bc3-9dcb-b2cacdb78d0a/07-waterside.jpg Home Along the water · Qaidam Basin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/73d3e33e-99e0-4c77-aa73-5ffee96426cc/03-landscape.jpg Home Landscape under restoration · Qaidam Basin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/1780932029.360051-JLCEEADQCWVCJOBNODFY/imgg-gg3p-BC-DQ-M-46be1507.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/6bea77db-43e3-4d17-8891-8e6ef5382a87/04-harvest.jpg Home Gathering the harvest · Qaidam Basin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/0c4692c5-36ac-48e3-98d7-359f50036d7d/04-camels.jpg Home Camels among shrubs · Qaidam Basin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/3b684454-02ca-412f-a44d-b5433ca69e83/06-channels.jpg Home Water channels through the landscape · Qaidam Basin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/803be220-46ad-4349-99cd-30db74ef6cfa/04-planting.jpg Home Planting in sandy ground · Qaidam Basin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/1780932030.342845-SCQUMACHJEFNNPFWRWTD/imgg-gg3p-BC-DQ--E-1f177a41.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/29eebdad-e277-441c-8c2d-28d73a282bcc/05-harvest-detail.jpg Home Sorting the harvest · Qaidam Basin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/dce13a9c-f7b6-4fce-80a7-a6a104233c87/05-winter-camels.jpg Home Camels in winter · Qaidam Basin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/7290fcd6-317a-4883-962e-67f5c7b46330/05-wetland.jpg Home Wetland vegetation · Qaidam Basin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/8679b053-efcf-444c-8a9a-fdc326cc201d/05-shrubs.jpg Home Shrubs across the sands · Qaidam Basin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/1780932028.996614-UTQBLDRGZFNAGLOVELRR/imgg-gg3p-BC-DQ-Y-0570a11c.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/e6854e41-c154-4ff7-988a-3892c7682abf/06-farmland.jpg Home Cultivated fields · Qaidam Basin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/e1af192d-849d-4754-8e26-01366f656abd/04-lake.jpg Home A lake among the dunes · Qaidam Basin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/6f210444-0040-49f7-a586-10a10a2db312/06-habitat.jpg Home Vegetation and habitat · Qaidam Basin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/1780932030.174181-FBMFIAHYALKSWQZSCTQP/imgg-gg3p-BC-DQ-U-9d4bb91d.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/b4a44d49-8349-40ed-982f-14ec448a06df/05-dragonfly.jpg Home A dragonfly at rest. A close observation from the July field archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/befe85d6-3a7a-46f3-809d-bf3f615fc51f/07-crop-leaves.jpg Home A closer look at the crops · Qaidam Basin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/b8e7a873-db9a-43be-a42d-181f7f6494f2/03-summer-stream.jpg Home A late-summer stream · Qaidam Basin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/5facee58-f9b5-4f87-a17c-bf0e2a04e3fb/07-summer-meadow.jpg Home A late-summer meadow · Qaidam Basin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/1780932028.6304-PKCCNZGGRYQJQYDBZUYM/imgg-gg3p-BC-DQ-C-26ac8b8f.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/e7192523-39eb-45d6-acde-e55033684455/02-ice-water.jpg Home Where ice meets open water · Qaidam Basin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/36466311-69ac-44b6-8d1d-1d95bbd07119/08-meadow.jpg Home Meadow vegetation · Qaidam Basin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/1780932029.245059-QEGOTTMBDCNDCBJFHMUK/imgg-gg3p-BC-DQ-F-7be99eb1.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/826fe7fe-8749-4b85-8f1f-99fd176804a1/01-fields-from-above.jpg Home Cultivated fields and shelterbelts seen from above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/d23c050f-6a9e-4ebf-bbd1-00562076ef6e/09-cistanche.jpg Home Cistanche in the field · Qaidam Basin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/1780932029.455714-WMYYCPJDXHYXNTHYHZUL/imgg-gg3p-BC-DRQ-b1ca29f7.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/122d8902-b047-45ef-a8be-f9cd87e51fe4/01-lake-between-dunes.jpg Home Open water between the dunes, bordered by shrubs and green banks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/0cb69e5c-a1c1-43d1-adc1-0266d7c614e3/02-goji-harvest.jpg Home Goji berries ripen on heavily laden branches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/1780932029.072859-RATCSBPJSJUXULADKIYR/imgg-gg3p-BC-DQ-G-cfb72dce.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/fab03f3c-784a-45e3-b3f2-b88fc8f2d620/02-flowing-water.jpg Home Moving water winds through grassy banks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/1780932031.011044-HQYJCWTPVIDSHAHUIARE/imgg-gg3p-BC-DRJ-9a3ac480.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/aba0f236-7c71-4af1-99c4-3ed084686131/03-wetland-and-sand.jpg Home Wetland vegetation spreads along shallow water at the foot of the dunes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/1780932028.570208-AVRXYDRHKTXGTSXKNCCG/imgg-gg3p-BC-DQ-C-69d1613b.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/9d502004-fb0e-4d62-9506-97a80162c18f/01-open-dunes.jpg Home Open dunes in the Qaidam Basin. A regional landscape observation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/1335bace-4a57-4b04-bc34-93aa61357f2e/02-checkerboards-aerial.jpg Home Sand checkerboards across dunes. Observed during a field journey in the Qaidam Basin; outside the project site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/12cebbbf-bca2-42fa-b8fc-b40255fbff6a/03-checkerboards-detail.jpg Home A ground-level view of checkerboard barriers in the Qaidam Basin. Regional observation, outside the project site. https://video.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/77a3deb1-82d8-4361-8fd5-fe4b50847f6c/playlist.m3u8 https://video.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/77a3deb1-82d8-4361-8fd5-fe4b50847f6c/thumbnail Home Spring water recorded after ecological restoration · Qaidam Basin https://video.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/d325cc44-a38d-4238-8d26-ae4f90a842b0/playlist.m3u8 https://video.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/d325cc44-a38d-4238-8d26-ae4f90a842b0/thumbnail Home Swans in flight · Qaidam Basin https://video.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/526865f4-7196-4b57-900e-eb407c3de82b/playlist.m3u8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/47840737-e63a-49b6-865f-0719e714f6b4/06-video-poster.jpg Home Sand checkerboards · regional observation, outside the project site. https://video.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/4646ad3e-c47d-4d32-87a4-316b0d28db93/playlist.m3u8 https://video.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/4646ad3e-c47d-4d32-87a4-316b0d28db93/thumbnail Home Flowing water · Qaidam Basin https://video.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/0d5c6068-b956-4008-a09a-ed7a5d92ce6f/playlist.m3u8 https://video.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6ad763dd6dd0456e698d04c5/0d5c6068-b956-4008-a09a-ed7a5d92ce6f/thumbnail Home Across the landscape · Qaidam Basin