A new study published April 23 in the journal Nature, however, provides a tool for potentially recouping the costs of extreme ...

and preserve their precious land from the clutches of desertification. These innovations hold the key to minimizing the adverse effects whenever adopted broadly. Indigenous communities have lived ...

Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar-led research suggests climate change, increased monsoon rainfall and expanded ...

Desertification is affecting the majority ... remains one of the world's most impoverished and insecure nations. The escalating effects of climate change, manifesting in intensified droughts ...

This research highlights the impact of climate cycles on landscapes and human societies. The Empty Quarter (Rub' al-Khali), the vast desert of the Arabian Peninsula, was not always an arid landscape.

Based on current climate and land conditions, the Murray-Darling basin is reducing in size. The basin is an indication on the effects of desertification occuring across the country. Human conditions ...

Yahya's nomadic family has been forced off their land on the fringes of the Sahara, because of desertification. Through his story, the impacts of desertification and its causes are looked at. Stages 4 ...

desert dust has doubled in the 20th century. The impact of this phenomena is difficult to control, as human activity in one part of the world can cause sand and dust storms in another region.

More information: Carlos F. M. Coimbra, Energy Meteorology for the Evaluation of Solar Farm Thermal Impacts on Desert Habitats, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences (2024). DOI: 10.1007/s00376-024 ...

development partners, and civil society organisations for their role in deal with the threat of desertification. Romina Khurshid Alam said efforts are also being taken to raising awareness about the ...