Meanwhile, the Sahara desert grows, increasing its acreage year by year and within itself growing ever more desert-like as oases unconserved, degenerate. And the end is not yet.

• 与此同时,撒哈拉大沙漠正在扩大:由于绿洲缺乏保护和不断退化,沙漠化日趋严重,沙漠面积逐年增大。然而,更糟的还在后头。