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Arenaceous Anti-Desertification Architecture uses bacteria to weld sand together, creating sandstone from the shifting Sahara. In principle, it could turn desert into dwellings on a massive scale: the designers propose creating a vast wall across africa, permanently holding back the dunes. [BLDGBLG]

At Time, Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre photograph Detriot’s “beautiful, horrible decline.“

“Naturalists in Cambridgeshire say they have been astounded by the large number of ancient trees that have been found preserved in the peat soil of the Fens.” [BBC]
Photo: Xenocryst (Of different fens!)