The Taklimakan Desert may have been formed 300000 years ago, and the floating dust in the Tarim Basin may affect North China and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau... At the press conference of the Information Office of the People's Government of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region held on the 21st, the relevant heads of scientific research departments announced the phased results of the third comprehensive scientific survey in Xinjiang. According to Zhang Yuanming, the leader of the leading unit of the scientific research and the director of the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 2022, the important achievements of the participating units of the third comprehensive scientific research in Xinjiang include: the discovery of a new species of endemic hookshrimp in the Erkis River basin, which proves that Mount Tomorrow and its surrounding areas are the origin of cold-water organisms in the world; Two new species of mosses and 39 new records of parasitic natural enemy insects were found in the wild fruit forest area of Tianshan Mountain; New discoveries have been made in the study of the formation and evolution of the Taklimakan Desert, and a new understanding that the Taklimakan Desert may have been formed 300000 years ago has been put forward. The superimposed effects of wind force, underlying surface and sand source on the formation of windblown sand landform have been clarified, and it has been confirmed that the floating dust in the Tarim Basin can affect the North China and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. In addition, the scientific researchers participating in the scientific research also built 26 automatic monitoring stations for the ecosystem of unmanned areas by integrating UAV, satellite and Internet of Things technologies; Rebuild the database of the first and second Xinjiang comprehensive scientific survey, and initially realize the sharing service of Xinjiang scientific survey data; Find out the overall water quantity of several important rivers and put forward decision-making suggestions for regional water resources development. The third comprehensive scientific survey of Xinjiang is a major science and technology project deployed by the state and officially launched in December 2021. The scientific research mainly focuses on the green and sustainable development of Xinjiang, comprehensively understanding the resources and environment of Xinjiang, scientifically evaluating the carrying capacity of Xinjiang's resources and environment, putting forward the future ecological construction, green development strategy and road map of Xinjiang, establishing the big data platform of Xinjiang's resources, environment and green development, cultivating a strategic scientific and technological team that has long-term roots in Xinjiang and is engaged in the research of resources and environment in arid areas, and supporting the construction of the core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt. (Xinhua News Agency)