An automatic catchment and root irrigation device for desert trees
Bibliographic entry
Lai, Qinghao. An automatic catchment and root irrigation device for desert trees / Qinghao Lai, Zeying Yang, Xinyang Wu // Новые горизонты - 2022 : сборник материалов IX Белорусско-Китайского молодежного инновационного форума, 10-11 ноября 2022 года / Белорусский национальный технический университет. – Минск : БНТУ, 2022. – Т. 1. – С. 15-17.
Abstract
Now, there are 36 million km2 of deserts on the planet, a quarter of the land area, and expanding by 60,000 km2 per year. To combat climate change and achieve the carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals, China is engaged in afforestation. However, water scarcity, strong winds and shortcomings of current irrigation methods make afforestation a major challenge. Based on the problems, we design an automatic catchment and root irrigation device for desert trees.