With the working population in the agricultural industry steadily declining, coupled with Japan's aging population, labor shortages in the industry are becoming a serious problem, and the amount of deserted arable land is increasing every year.
To the west and southwest of the Islamic State are the Syrian government's forces, who have recently retaken enormous amounts of desert acreage from the Islamic State.
This construction project required a year-long process of excavation and hauling of large amounts of desert soil.
Meanwhile, criminal genius Lex Luthor has developed a cunning plan to make a fortune in real estate by buying large amounts of barren desert land and then diverting a nuclear missile test flight to the San Andreas Fault.
Desert ecosystems currently cover at least 35% of the Earth's land surface and, in China, the area of desert land amounts to approximately 2,080 million km, covering 22% of total land area of the country [ 1].
From the standpoint of desert, getting this amount is ideal, better than getting either more or less.
The amount of annual rainfall in the desert is generally low, ranging from about 4 inches (100 mm) or less in the west to about 20 inches (500 mm) in the east.
Since the law was passed and a fence was constructed, largely sealing Israel's border on the desert, the amount of migrants has dwindled from 2,000 a month to single figures.
There is an ample amount of land in the California desert that is fit for renewable energy development.
With Saudi Arabia, you couldn't get more basic when it comes to U.S. policy or the fate of the planet, given the amount of oil still under its desert sands.
