Photographer Sean Gallagher's 12-page photo-essay 'China's Growing Sands' is featured in the April 2010 edition of National Geographic China. The work focuses on the subject of environmental crisis of desertification and its effects on northern China.

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Desertification is one of the most important environmental challenges facing the world today, however it is arguably the most under-reported. Desertification is the gradual transformation of arable and habitable land into desert, usually caused by climate change and/or the improper use of land.
November 7, 2011 /
by Sean Gallagher
Sean Gallagher discusses China's environmental crises with students and faculty at Davidson College.
March 22, 2011 / Voice of America
by Peter Sawyer, Stephen Sapienza
As part of the DC Environmental Film Festival, four films explore the conflicts tied to water issues, as part of the annual World Water Day observance.