| 单词 | desertification |
| 例句 | In “A Sand Book,” capitalism’s parasitic effect on discourse mirrors its ransacking of the environment; Reines ties cultural and spiritual desiccation to literal desertification. The Apocalyptic Visions of Ariana Reines 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z Sweeping sand storms caused by desertification plague Beijing. How to stop world catastrophe 2012-06-12T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, in China, agrivoltaics is used to reverse desertification which is literally using solar panels to green former deserts. How shading crops with solar panels can improve farming, lower food costs and reduce emissions 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z For instance, tree planting in unsuitable arid areas of China ultimately led to further environmental degradation, although the aim was to combat desertification. Coffee, brought to you by bees: How restoring habitat is a win-win for forests and farmers alike 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z In Ethiopia, desertification and land grabs are pushing nomads south into farming lands or towns. From birth to death: an archive of vanishing African rituals seeks... 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z “The two root causes of climate change,” she repeatedly insists, are “the loss of albedo” — i.e., the reflective power of polar ice — and desertification “caused by ineffectual rainfall.” A Memoir That Sees Only the Tip of the Melting Iceberg 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z Such symbolic offerings will have to count for more as popular concerns grow about sediment building up behind the Three Gorges dam, increasing water extraction and desertification in the Yellow river basin. Water, water, everywhere 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Aside from a few pages at the end where Mr Perry writes of African innovations, including ways of reversing desertification, the book does not quite live up to its promise. Clear-sighted 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Urbanization and desertification shrank the forests, but the biggest factor was agricultural expansion driven by poverty, said Bienvenu Bossou, the group’s executive director. In Benin, Voodoo’s birthplace, believers bemoan steady shrinkage of forests they revere as sacred 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z “People are often looking to the future, thinking, ‘What can we invent that’s going to solve drought and desertification?’” Can ancient irrigation canals water thirsty crops in Morocco today? 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Mongolia is set to host the 2026 U.N. conference on desertification and has launched a campaign to plant 1 billion trees across its vast steppes and mountains of grasslands. Pope starts Mongolia visit by praising the country’s religious freedom dating back to Genghis Khan 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Much of Spain’s land now faces climatic conditions that could lead to desertification. Olive Oil Prices Surge as Persistent Drought Ravages Mediterranean Groves 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z With rainfall in long-term decline, around three-quarters of Mongolia's land is blighted by desertification and drought, and more than 200 small lakes have dried up since 1980. With China on his mind, pope visits tiny Catholic flock in Mongolia 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z Climate change and desertification are to blame, scientists say. It’s Official: Stores Can No Longer Sell Most Incandescent Lights 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z Dust storms, desertification and land loss had been threatening farmers' livelihoods for years, said Suhair Zakkout, the spokesperson for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Syria. After quake, Syria's northern coast ravaged by wildfires 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z "There is a complete desertification of the estates. The police is the only state service that is left," he said. In French banlieues, distrust of police runs deep 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z It’s especially bad in Senegal’s east as desertification - the encroachment of the Sahara onto drylands - carries particles into the region, said Dr. Aliou Ba, a senior Greenpeace Africa campaigner based in the capital of Dakar. For many cities around the world, bad air an inescapable part of life 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z It’s especially bad in Senegal’s east as desertification — the encroachment of the Sahara onto drylands — carries particles into the region, said Dr. Aliou Ba, a senior Greenpeace Africa campaigner based in the capital of Dakar. For many cities around the world, bad air an inescapable part of life 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Now, more nomad homelands are experiencing desertification and harsh winter temperatures, and this may be the final blow for the world’s few remaining nomadic societies. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z A growing population will further stress damaged ecosystems, reducing their resilience and increasing the risk of threats like pandemics, soil desertification and biodiversity loss in a downward spiral. Population Decline Will Change the World for the Better 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z Eastern Afghanistan’s province of Nuristan is a green oasis in a country largely in the grip of desertification. A Rare Glimpse into Afghanistan’s Spectacular, Vanishing Forests 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z His NANN-K Trust recently opened a solar-powered irrigation project in Senegal to fight desertification, which is one of the main drivers of people leaving on dangerous migration routes. Senegal’s Baaba Maal returns after years with new album 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z The Great Green Wall, a massive tree-planting effort aimed at slowing desertification, has been underway for years. For many cities around the world, bad air an inescapable part of life 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z For Juli Pausas, a specialist in fire ecology who researches desertification for the Spanish National Research Council, this was all sadly predictable. Climate change helps breed springtime wildfires in Spain 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z The plan includes building renewable energy plants, modernizing inefficient and outdated irrigation techniques, reducing carbon emissions, combating desertification, and protecting the country’s biodiversity. Iraqi PM promises action to tackle crippling climate change 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z In South Africa, farmers try to hold back desertification by ploughing great ruts in the earth which collect water when it rains, allowing plants and trees to grow in a hostile environment. Pictures from above: What a bird's eye view of Africa reveals 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z The north has been hit by drought, deforestation and, crucially, along the Sahel region, desertification. Opinion | Nigeria’s election offers the country a chance at a reset 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z “There might be additional resources that are needed to really solve this. I think most experts feel this is not just a drought — there is some level of aridification, desertification,” Mr. Hickenlooper said. Colorado River caucus forms to address water crisis in basin states 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z It was agreed that the three countries should focus on key issues such as single-use plastic pollution, desertification and food security in the context of the International Year of Millets, the statement said. India, France, UAE to work on climate change, biodiversity 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z The news desertification of Medford, Oregon, didn’t last long. Old-fashioned newspaper war brews in Southern Oregon 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Rising temperatures are predicted to lead to devastating effects on humans and nature, including more drought, desertification and heat-related illness. Met Office forecasts 2023 will be hotter than 2022 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Thirst, for example, can increase expectations of drought and desertification. At COP 27, an artist asks attendees to feel climate change — literally 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Techniques like using natural fertilizers and planting crops alongside trees and other plants have been successful at combating desertification, the process of once-fertile ground turning into dust. In dry, unreliable weather, Indian farmers restore arid land 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z The desperation of the local people has been compounded by persistent drought as climate change spreads desertification through the region. Opinion | The French just gave us another lesson in how not to fight terrorism 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z What will stem the expansion of local news desertification is unclear, though there’s no dearth of initiatives. Column: How the decline of local news exposes the public to lies and corruption 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z Changes on a global scale including depletion of the ozone layer, desertification and topsoil loss, and global climate change are caused by human activities. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z The figure shows areas of the world and their vulnerability to desertification. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Described by the United Nations’ desertification agency as one of the greatest threats to human society, it’s estimated that over 40% of the world’s land is already degraded. In dry, unreliable weather, Indian farmers restore arid land 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z About 57 projects, including nature-based measures to reduce climate change vulnerability, combating deforestation and desertification, and a waste-to-energy initiative in the southern Cross River state will receive funding, the EU said. EU rolls out $1.3 billion to help Nigeria diversify its economy 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z Experts blame poor government policies, desertification and low water levels, as well as climate change, for the frequency and intensity of recent sandstorms. Iran TV: Sandstorm shuts offices, schools in Tehran, region 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z Processes such as deforestation, reforestation, desertification, and urbanization often contribute to changes in climate in the places they occur. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z The Dust Bowl of the 1930s is a classic example of human-caused desertification. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Around 1.9 billion hectares of land, more than twice the size of the United States, and roughly 1.5 billion people globally are affected in some way by desertification, according to U.N. estimates. In dry, unreliable weather, Indian farmers restore arid land 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Human activities such as mining and agriculture also contribute to desertification, Sternberg notes. Climate Change Is Turning More of Central Asia into Desert 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Spain’s Ecological Transition ministry says 75 percent of Spanish land is vulnerable to desertification and this is increasing. Leaders meet in Madrid to mark world day to fight drought 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Drought and desertification have degraded pastures and led to the drying-up of water sources in the north. Are attacks on Christians in Nigeria on the rise? 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z Sometimes there is a conflict between what is known to prevent desertification and what an individual farmer feels he needs to do to make a living. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z But experts say the storms this year are particularly intense, as climate change and desertification increase their frequency. Sandstorm wave sweeps Middle East, sending thousands to hospitals 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z “We need water to solve the problem of desertification, but we also need water to secure our food supplies,” said Essa Fayadh, a senior official at the Environment Ministry. Severe water shortages strain wheat harvest in Iraq 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z So it was fitting that Ivory Coast hosted this month's UN-convened summit on the devastating effects of the three Ds - drought, desertification, and degradation of land. Why Africa couldn’t get urgent global deal on drought 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z The United Nation’s desertification agency said the plan has several additional challenges to overcome, such as lukewarm high-level political support, weak organizational structures, insufficient coordination and financing, and not enough consideration in national environmental priorities. Security concerns, lack of support stall Africa’s Green Wall 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Mitigating the desertification process includes both societal steps and individual education on alternatives. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z “We need to steer towards the solutions rather than continuing with destructive actions,” Ibrahim Thiaw, the executive secretary of the desertification agency, said. Climate change to make droughts longer, more common, says UN 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z “Women left to manage their households may lack the power to make timely farming decisions, or to respond to the effects of drought, land degradation and desertification, or extreme weather events,” the study notes. Women Bear the Brunt of Drought Shocks 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z They argued that droughts were being fuelled by climate change, and so only global action can make a difference, although in Africa's case land degradation and desertification have aggravated the situation. Why Africa couldn’t get urgent global deal on drought 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z The U.N. desertification agency says up to 45% of Africa’s land is impacted by desertification, making it more vulnerable than any other continent. Security concerns, lack of support stall Africa’s Green Wall 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z The storms are expected to become more frequent due to drought, desertification and declining rainfall. Iraq dust storm leaves 5,000 people needing treatment 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z Iraq's meteorological office previously told AFP the country is likely to see more and more dust storms due to drought, desertification and declining rainfall. Iraq dust storm: Flights grounded in Baghdad and Najaf as skies turn orange 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z Local organizations believe projects that reintroduce native plants and implement smart water harvesting systems will cushion the impacts of climate change and desertification, which are only set to worsen, according to the United Nations report. Jordan’s restoration efforts push back on degrading land 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Since 1999, most African countries have developed regional action plans to combat land degradation and desertification. Why Africa couldn’t get urgent global deal on drought 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, climate change is driving water shortages and desertification, a process in which previously hospitable environments become veritable wastelands of desert ecosystems. Turning the desert green: this solar panel system makes water (and grows food) out of thin air 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z Archaeologists believe that early peoples from the north moved into West Africa as desertification forced them south to find better farmland. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They define the phrase to mean the impacts of climate change that countries cannot adapt to, including severe weather such as major storms but also slow-onset events like sea level rise or desertification. IPCC: Climate change report to sound warning on impacts 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z The U.N. desertification agency says 40% of land globally is currently degraded, blaming unsustainable land and water management, poor agricultural practices, mining, urbanization and infrastructure development for the land’s deterioration. Jordan’s restoration efforts push back on degrading land 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z This news desertification has been minutely chronicled by Penny Abernathy, a reporter turned scholar, and recently lamented by The Washington Post Magazine. Review | Years before Watergate, a young Carl Bernstein fell in love with local journalism 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z In March, a crippling sandstorm — caused by worsening desertification — turned the Beijing sky an eerie orange. Opinion | Climate change is a disaster, whether or not it caused Kentucky’s tornadoes 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z Scientists predict climate change will worsen desertification, as hotter summers and drier winters reduce moisture levels. From heatwaves to floods, climate change worsened weather extremes in 2021 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z Much of Brazil’s vast northeast is, in effect, turning into a desert — a process called desertification that is worsening across the planet. A Slow-Motion Climate Disaster: The Spread of Barren Land 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z “The situation we have right now is unhealthy and certainly not acceptable,” Ibrahim Thiaw, the executive secretary of the U.N. desertification agency, told the Associated Press. Jordan’s restoration efforts push back on degrading land 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Across the world, and especially in many parched areas of the Middle East, desertification is on the rise. Israeli climate-tech firms team up with former foes to face threat of rapid warming 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z Outside the low village walls, winds whip sand into the air, inviting desertification, a process that wrings the life out of fertile soil and changes it into desert, often because of drought or deforestation. Africa’s ‘Great Green Wall’ shifts focus to hold off desert 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z The vast church forest network, covering an area the size of England and Wales, has the potential to offer a significant barrier to desertification in this region. Gardens of Eden: the church forests of Ethiopia – a photo essay 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z “It’s reaching a tipping point,” said Humberto Barbosa, a top expert on desertification who has studied the Brazilian northeast for years. A Slow-Motion Climate Disaster: The Spread of Barren Land 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z On Wednesday, President Muhammadu Buhari said no-one in Nigeria needed "persuading of the need for urgent action on the environment," pointing to desertification, floods and erosion in the country as "enough evidence". COP26: How the world is reacting to the climate summit 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z After the separation of South Sudan, a third of the country is a desert right now, and desertification is moving very fast. Voices from around the world on what’s at stake at COP26 Climate experts warn that the entire Mediterranean basin, which includes Turkey, is particularly at risk of severe drought and desertification. Turkey’s Lake Tuz dries up due to climate change, farming 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Rising temperatures and desertification are wiping out communities and as the Life at 50C series has discovered, many are being forced to leave their ancestral homes in search of a better life. Fleeing the desert's shifting sands 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z But it is also a primary cause of desertification, robbing the air of moisture and the soil of shade. A Slow-Motion Climate Disaster: The Spread of Barren Land 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z While, other factors can contribute, climate change is also an important driving force behind desertification. Climate change: World now sees twice as many days over 50C 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z And it is not just viruses that we have to worry about, but also the mounting destabilization of the climate, collapsing biodiversity, large-scale desertification and pollution across the globe. Opinion | What if the Coronavirus Crisis Is Just a Trial Run? 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z These, he said, exacerbated sandstorm conditions, which were the "result of extreme weather conditions and desertification". Apocalyptic skies as Beijing hit by worst sandstorm in a decade 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z The money is meant to accelerate the effort to sustain livelihoods, conserve biodiversity, and combat desertification and climate change, French President Emmanuel Macron said in announcing the pledges on 11 January. The Great Green Wall could save Africa. But can the massive forestry effort learn from past mistakes? 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z Aldrin Perez, a Brazilian government scientist who tracks desertification, said it takes 300 years to deposit one centimeter of soil, while ceramics companies take three to five feet of soil each time they extract clay. A Slow-Motion Climate Disaster: The Spread of Barren Land 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z The weight of their evidence – shrinking pasturelands, failing crops, disappearing flora and fauna – all point towards a process of desertification which they believe is exacerbated by lithium extraction. The curse of 'white oil': electric vehicles' dirty secret 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z As the decade wore on, rising temperatures and new rainfall patterns — droughts followed by flash floods — increasingly drove farmers from their villages, while desertification swelled the populations of urban centers. A convergence of calamities 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z Zimbabwean ecologist and farmer Allan Savory reports that using livestock to reverse desertification is scalable to ⅔ of Earth’s land at an extremely low-cost. Review: ’Scuse me while I 'Kiss the Ground': How soil might be Earth's climate change savior 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z A January 2019 Pentagon report on the subject, for instance, found that 46 of the U.S. military’s 79 high-priority installations are vulnerable to climate change–related flooding, drought, desertification, wildfires and thawing permafrost. It's Time to Rein in Inflated Military Budgets 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z Extreme E aims to highlight deforestation, rising sea levels, desertification, and plastic pollution with races in harsh and remote environments from the Brazilian rain forest to the glaciers of Greenland and deserts of Saudi Arabia. Motor racing: Andretti Autosport to race in inaugural Extreme E season 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z The climate crisis will not help: pests will multiply as temperatures rise; floods, droughts and extreme weather will ravage crops; and desertification will take large bites out of currently available arable land. The small Dutch town that wants to shape the future of your food 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Burkina Faso has been battered by desertification and environmental degradation since at least the 1960s. A convergence of calamities 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z This culturally rich region, now plagued by war and desertification, has a fascinating history. 2020 in science and culture: Nature’s pick of the listings 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z But attributing specific weather disasters such as hurricanes and floods, or slow but irreversible changes like sea level rise and desertification, to climate change remains a delicate issue given the potential costs involved. AP EXPLAINS: How Madrid talks fell short on climate ambition 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z Attributing specific weather disasters such as hurricanes and floods, or slow but irreversible changes like sea level rise and desertification, to climate change remains a delicate issue. Science warnings, US retreat add urgency to UN climate talks 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z Attributing specific weather disasters such as hurricanes and floods, or slow but irreversible changes like sea level rise and desertification, to climate change remains a delicate issue given the potential sums involved. Science warnings, US retreat add urgency to UN climate talks 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z It also suffers from widespread environmental degradation, including desertification, air pollution and diversity loss. Iranian environmentalists sentenced to prison for ‘collaborating’ with U.S. 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z In the noughties I visited Tibet to look at a new railway development, but discovered greater concerns about denuded grasslands, desertification and melting glaciers. 'Everybody has something to lose': the exciting, depressing life of a climate writer 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z Tiyip studied in Japan after getting a bachelor’s degree at Xinjiang University, but in 1992, he returned to his alma mater to teach and study desertification and soil salinization using remote sensing technology. ‘There’s no hope for the rest of us.’ Uyghur scientists swept up in China’s massive detentions 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Tashpolat, fluent in Mandarin and Japanese, returned home to Xinjiang and established himself as a geographer and expert on desertification. A Uighur scholar facing potential execution is one of over a million detained by China 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z The growth of forests is significant and necessary progress in the fight against desertification, says Jianping Huang, a climate researcher at Lanzhou University. China’s tree-planting drive could falter in a warming world 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z “All of these activities will just increase the desertification of the region.” Park Service Says Archaeological Sites Are Imperiled by Border Wall 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z This was partly because funding for efforts to combat desertification never matched that for biodiversity and for climate, and partly because of the absence of an influential scientific advisory mechanism. End the drought in drought research 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Barron Joseph Orr, lead scientist for the desertification convention, told the meeting that the secretariat is developing three indicators that countries would find useful in identifying the risk of drought. African nations push UN to improve drought research 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z This August and September, government representatives will gather under the United Nations umbrella in Nairobi, New Delhi and New York City to review progress in protecting biodiversity and mitigating desertification and climate change. Teenage activists and an IPCC triumph 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z As of 2015, five hundred million people lived in areas that were affected by desertification. Deforestation, Agriculture, and Diet Are Fuelling the Climate Crisis 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z But on the whole, the report finds that climate change is already hurting the availability of food because of decreased yields and lost land from erosion, desertification and rising seas, among other things. Climate Change Threatens the World’s Food Supply, United Nations Warns 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z The report calls for vigorous action to halt soil damage and desertification - both of which contribute to climate change. Diet shift 'can help fight global warming' - UN 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z The campaign group also said that logging was contributing to the desertification crisis in Ghana. Ghana 'exports rosewood timber illegally to China' 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z Atmospheric warming, ocean warming, ocean acidification, sea-level rise, deglaciation, desertification, eutrophication—these are just some of the byproducts of our species’ success. Louisiana’s Disappearing Coast 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z They ignore the toxic runoff from these farms, its creation of vast ocean dead zones and the desertification of once-fertile land. Why Do Some Green Activists Eat Meat? 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z It will change our lives in a plethora of devastating ways—famine, migration, inundation, desertification, disease, conflict. We Must Talk about Our Climate Crisis 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z Her country, like many others in Africa, is at risk of desertification - a process that causes fertile agricultural land to turn barren. Meet the schoolgirl climate warriors 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Lake Chad, once one of Africa's largest lakes and a lifeline to 40 million people, is experiencing massive desertification, shrinking by nine-tenths due to climate change, population growth and irrigation. Image of crying toddler wins World Press Photo Contest 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z Temperature rises will lead to increased desertification, higher ocean acidification and migration of marine species to higher latitudes. The school climate change strikers put adults to shame | Nnimmo Bassey 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Failing to put that effort in sees the world crossing more severe temperature barriers that would lead to outcomes like ecosystem collapse, ocean acidification, mass desertification, and coastal cities being flooded into inhabitability. Ending climate change requires the end of capitalism. Have we got the stomach for it? | Phil McDuff 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Climate change is spurring drought and desertification — and consequently, war and human migration — in the world’s most parched regions, including the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa. The UN reports humanity is failing its climate change goals 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z Others are prone to more frequent droughts, desertification and floods. World Bank, AfDB commit $47 billion to African climate finance 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Global overpopulation leads to the destruction of tropical rainforests, the destruction of marine plants, desertification, the consumption of dirty fuels. Opinion | Is Environmentalism Just for Rich People? 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z As climate change and desertification wreak havoc on the dry agricultural ecosystems of the planet, Egypt’s grain dependence is likely to get worse. Why it’s so hard for most countries to be economically independent from the West 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z It will be mainly used for mapping, land surveying, agricultural monitoring, prevention and management of natural disasters, monitoring changes in the environment and desertification as well as border and coastal surveillance, it said. Arianespace launches Morocco's second earth observation satellite 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z We may be witnessing a slow process of desertification in drier parts of the region, but nearly half the people in Arndt’s native state doubt that climate change is real. The Day the Great Plains Burned 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z While it improved the electricity situation in the country for some time, it gradually led to the desertification of millions of acres of land in the Indus Delta region of Sindh province. The mega-dam crowdfunded by a judge 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z An agricultural official from Namibia learns about technology to combat desertification at a Chinese lab.Credit: China to train African scientists as part of $60-billion development plan 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z Every year another thirty million acres of food-growing lands are lost to desertification, says the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization. Seed diversity is disappearing — and 3 chemical companies own more than half 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z There is an additional complication involving those fleeing environmental disasters, such as flooding or desertification. Migration: how many people are on the move around the world? 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z Of course, more carbon dioxide also fuels climate change and all the floods, fires, sea level rise, desertification and other developments human civilization is not built to withstand. West Virginia editorial roundup 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z I’m concerned about the growing Salafist threats across Africa and particularly al-Qaeda’s ability to co-opt existing ethnic tensions and other rivalries that are driven by climate change, desertification, scarcity of resources and population pressure. Transcript: Interview with General Mark Hicks 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Other programmes will focus on safeguarding biodiversity and combating climate change and desertification. China to train African scientists as part of $60-billion development plan 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z Roughly three-quarters of Mongolia’s land is degraded or suffering desertification, with about a quarter seriously affected, said Damdin Dagvadorj, managing director of the Climate Change and Development Academy. Mongolia’s nomadic way of life threatened by climate change, neglect, modernity 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z Furthermore, the concepts that underpin interactions such as “desertification” are also problematic. Blame climate change for Nigerian farmer-herder violence? Not so fast, expert says 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z Many parts of India are showing severe effects of desertification but now one social enterprise, Naireeta Services, is taking action. Saving flood water to get through the droughts 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z The environment ministry says a quarter of the country's land is undergoing desertification - while independent experts put the figure much higher. Why were India's dust storms so deadly? 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z The illegal logging also sparked regional conflicts, contributed to desertification and destroyed a key food source for bees, butterflies and other insects. Guitar makers hit hard by new regulations on prized rosewood 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Trump signed into law last month a surprisingly strong allocation of $139.5 million for the Global Environment Facility, which supports programs to alleviate a host of environmental ills, including climate change, biodiversity and desertification. 2018 Budget A Mixed Bag for International Environmental Funding 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z If something called desertification exists at all, it is a localized phenomenon with complex causes and effects. Blame climate change for Nigerian farmer-herder violence? Not so fast, expert says 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z The logging also adds to desertification, which, in turn, causes conflict across the Sahel, an arid belt below the Sahara. How illegal charcoal fuels war and harms the environment 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Increasing desertification would mean more intense and damaging dust storms. Why were India's dust storms so deadly? 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z The difference, Thomas says, is that unlike a hoarder’s pile, ecosystems perform vital planetary functions, like keeping soil fertile, preventing desertification and absorbing carbon dioxide. Should Some Species Be Allowed to Die Out? 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z The desertification of Fossil Lake and its surrounding area, once lush grasslands, Retallack concluded, was a consequence of the extinction of large animals like the Columbian mammoths around 11,500 years ago. Columbian Mammoth tracks found at Fossil Lake 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z Grandiose narratives of desertification and noble efforts to combat it live on, however. Blame climate change for Nigerian farmer-herder violence? Not so fast, expert says 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z The Pentagon is required to prepare a report for Congress in coming months that would lay out which military sites are vulnerable to “rising sea tides, increased flooding, drought, desertification, wildfires, thawing permafrost.” Pentagon survey details effects of climate change on military sites 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z It's the desertification, which is completely unstoppable at this point. Airstrikes in Yemen Kill 68 Civilians in a Single Day 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z As climate change brings warmer, drier conditions, understanding how to keep soils and grassland ecosystems healthy in arid landscapes is crucial to avoid desertification, Scott said. Trump Poised to Shrink Two National Monuments 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z As a result, Iceland is a case study in desertification, with little or no vegetation, though the problem is not heat or drought. Vikings razed the forests. Can Iceland regrow them? 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Conservationists tend to be hostile towards pastoralists, sometimes disparaging them as “parasites” who damage the environment, spread disease, cause desertification and poach Africa’s wildlife, including elephants and rhinos. African herders have been pushed into destitution and crime 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Because what is destabilizing all of these countries in the Sahel region of Africa and spawning terrorist groups is a cocktail of climate change, desertification — as the Sahara steadily creeps south — population explosions and misgovernance. Connecting the dots between climate change, terrorism and Niger 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z A study published in the journal Scientific Reports noted in May that desertification in the region was contributing to permafrost thaw. See Bizarre ‘Lava-Like’ Landslide Tear Through Hillside 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Scientists say large stretches of Africa are drying up, and they predict more desertification, more drought and more hunger. Vanishing Land Fuels ‘Looming Crisis’ Across Africa 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z Rising desertification rates, melting glaciers and drying rivers and lakes threaten the livelihoods of Mongolia's herders, who account for nearly a third of the population. Mongolia bans grain exports as hottest temperatures in 56 years cause drought 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z It had a good story, too: In conjunction with a government program, the family was using innovative farming techniques, planting a greenbelt of 600,000 olive trees to fight desertification. Mehdi Boujrada’s flourishing Villa Jerada brings the best of authentic Morocco to Seattle 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z Map No. 1: the most vulnerable regions of desertification in 2008. Connecting the dots between climate change, terrorism and Niger 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z I agree that the effects of a changing climate — such as increased maritime access to the Arctic, rising sea levels, desertification, among others — impact our security situation. Trump’s defense chief cites climate change as national security challenge 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z The Great Green Wall project was launched by the African Union in 2007 to combat desertification. Sahel countries in race against time to regreen Africa's spreading desert 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z Rising desertification rates, melting glaciers and drying rivers and lakes threaten the livelihoods of Mongolia's herders, who account for nearly a third of the population. Mongolia bans grain exports as hottest temperatures in 56 years cause drought 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z The accord seeks to limit rising temperatures that have been linked to increasing economic damage from desertification, extinctions of animals and plants, heat waves, floods and rising sea levels. U.S. to push ahead on climate pact before Trump takes over: Kerry 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z Increasing desertification in southern Europe is just one of the changes that would result. Climate change could flip Mediterranean lands to desert 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z It is not about the land, animals or desertification. How China’s Politics of Control Shape the Debate on Deserts 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Bad government institutions combined with growing desertification due to global warming mean youth here will grow up with few opportunities. Why the world’s Muslim population is growing so very, very quickly 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z "This is the first time we are looking at a digital atlas of degradation and it is pointing at newer areas undergoing desertification," A.S. Desertification eating into agricultural land in India, satellite images show 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Climate change, desertification, the depletion of mineral nutrients, improper use of fertilizer and a lack of infrastructure are compounding the problem, the report found. Centuries-old African soil technique could combat climate change: scientists 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere means rising temperatures, less precipitation and then more drying that leads to desertification. Climate change could flip Mediterranean lands to desert 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Like much in China, the desertification debate is shaped by policy and decisions that stress man over nature. How China’s Politics of Control Shape the Debate on Deserts 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z And more countries say they are suffering heatwaves, desertification, downpours and rising sea levels. Nations seek rapid ratification of Paris climate deal, four-year lock 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z A decades-long drought in northern China — home to the bulk of the country’s coal production and consumption — is worsening, and the central and local governments are grappling with massive desertification. Report Ties Coal Plants to Water Shortage in Northern China 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z Bangladeshi farmers and Cairo city-dwellers are at severe risk of flooding and storms; southern Europe and parts of Africa and the Americas are threatened by desertification. Economics: Current climate models are grossly misleading 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Extreme weather, desertification, ocean acidification and climate-related military conflicts are increasingly global mega-trends that disrupt entire countries in utterly unpredictable ways. Robert Redford: We Cannot Let SCOTUS Block Clean Power 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z What are some ways in which the discussion over desertification in China is politicized? How China’s Politics of Control Shape the Debate on Deserts 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Three quarters of the country’s 18 million people survive on less than two dollars a day and desertification, driven by climate change, is pushing rural dwellers into towns. Niger's 'Lion' president Mahamadou Issoufou seeks re-election 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z The cash will help developing nations cut emissions and adapt to impacts such as desertification, heat waves, floods and rising seas. U.N.'s climate chief to quit, praises Paris agreement 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z Based on the best current science, climatologists anticipate more extreme weather events, melting glaciers, sea level rise, megadroughts, desertification, deforestation, food supply disruptions, famines, infectious disease, mass migrations, social upheaval, economic distress, and political instability. Our real Sarah Palin nightmare: We debate sideshows and phony problems — while this very real threat looms undiscussed 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z Always arid, Iran is facing desertification as lakes and rivers dry up and once-fertile plains become barren. Scarred Riverbeds and Dead Pistachio Trees in a Parched Iran 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z There are several “conserve the grasslands” programs that use degradation and desertification — assessment methods not mentioned — to remove rural residents, particularly herders, from the land. How China’s Politics of Control Shape the Debate on Deserts 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Now, the focus for global media is on immediate and impending climate impacts – such as the reason why millions are fleeing the desertification around the Sahel region in Africa. Paris Means Climate Change Science Is Here to Stay 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z And the chaos of climate change will create resource wars, mass refugee populations, famine, increased disasters from firestorms to heatwaves to floods to desertification. Oil fuels war and terrorists like Isis. The climate movement can bring peace | Rebecca Solnit 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z In addition, he said Paris would triple to 1 billion euros a year by 2020 its contribution to Africa's battle with desertification and other climate change challenges. France to spend billions of euros on African green projects 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z According to the United Nations, Iran is home to four of the 10 most polluted cities in the world, with dust and desertification among the leading causes. Scarred Riverbeds and Dead Pistachio Trees in a Parched Iran 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z One project is trying to slow the effects of desertification. Desertification: The people whose land is turning to dust - BBC News 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z It would seek to adapt to climate change, with measures ranging from reducing desertification to improving public transport. Saudi Arabia says will diversify oil economy to slow climate change 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z Many, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, are motivated by elemental problems like spreading desertification. A Mass Migration Crisis, and It May Yet Get Worse 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z "One third of the world is vulnerable to land degradation; one third of Africa is threatened by desertification," it said. Spread of deserts costs trillions, spurs migrants: study 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z An accompanying decision would set up a "financial technical panel" that would explore risk transfer schemes like insurance, support for micro-finance, and funding to respond to slow onset events like desertification and sea-level rise. Rising tide of loss and damage advances cause in U.N. climate deal 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z In 2011, a U.N. report on combatting desertification and drought ranked Egypt as the country losing fertile lands faster than any other in the world. AP Photos: Egypt's urban expansion snuffs out fertile Nile farmland, threatens old way of life 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z As part of efforts to counteract desertification and erosion brought about by climate change, Chile will invest $250 million to plant vast tracks of native forest, the national forestry agency said on Friday. Looking to beat back encroaching desert, Chile preserves forests 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z Such moves are considered vital if global governments are to succeed in keeping the Earth’s temperatures from rising more than 2C, the internationally agreed threshold to prevent widespread flooding, famine and desertification. BP boss widens transatlantic rift in energy industry over climate change 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Sutton cautioned that the change in rainfall was only local and that many parts of Africa face mounting problems from warming, ranging from desertification and floods to rising sea levels. Climate change boosts rain in Africa's Sahel region: study 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z But it would bring big long-term benefits for everything from human health to crop growth by limiting damaging heat waves, floods, desertification and rising seas. New climate deal seen aiding GDP, lacking sanctions: U.N. chief 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z The shift, reflecting China's stellar economic growth, raises questions about historical blame for rising temperatures and more floods, desertification, heatwaves and sea level rise. China to surpass U.S. as top cause of modern global warming 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z In the north of the country, home to the Atacama Desert, already the driest in the world, climatologists fear the spread of desertification. Chile says drought here to stay, lays out plan to ensure water 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z Globally, desertification affects 250 million people and a third of the earth's land surface - more than 4 billion hectares, said a statement released ahead of a four-day meeting of scientists discussing the U.N. Bureaucratic infighting hampers action on droughts: U.N. official 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z Housing developments, agriculture, roads, deforestation, an increasing energy footprint, industrial expansion, fires, overfishing and acidification the oceans, and desertification. Nature Is Losing The Battle Against Humans 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z Food shortages have been a longstanding concern in this region, buffeted as it is by the effects of climate change and desertification. Boko Haram and Oil Price Plummet Influence Nigerian Presidential Election 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z Despite fears they would be unable to deal with the complex environmental problems facing Pakistan – such as changing monsoon patterns, melting glaciers, seasonal flooding, rising sea levels and desertification – the devolution went ahead. Pakistan pushes climate change back up political agenda 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z Countries are grappling with how to redefine these distinctions in a draft deal to be finalized in Paris next year that is meant to limit more heat waves, floods, desertification and rising sea levels. 'Berlin Wall' climate divide looms over Lima 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z The fund is meant to help poor nations cut their greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate change, such as more desertification, more powerful storms and rising sea levels. Belgian pledge pushes Green Climate Fund to $10 billion goal 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Climate change, the depletion of mineral nutrients, desertification, improper use of fertilizer and a lack of infrastructure are compounding the problem. Dirty deeds: Soil degradation costs African farmers $68 billion yearly 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z The consequences of hydraulic fracturing, known as “fracking,” are immense for climate change and include the potential desertification of some areas. Saying no to ‘fracking’ The southern and eastern regions are subject to land over-exploitation and reduction in vegetation cover that increases the risk of desertification and loss of ecosystem services. Learning to coexist with wildfire : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z "That in essence is going to design the arithmetic of national actions," he said of efforts to limit rising temperatures to avert desertification, mudslides, heatwaves, more powerful storms and rising sea levels. U.N. talks of tough global climate targets, vague on national action 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z The CBD is one of the three conventions launched in Rio back in 1992 alongside the conventions on climate change and desertification. Business Outside The Biodiversity Tent 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z One consequence is massive deforestation and desertification across Somalia, forcing nomadic herders off their lands. A charred harvest 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Many of those who now live in the ger district are former herders, pulled into the city by the promise of a new life, or pushed off their land by desertification and extreme winter weather. Life in Ulanbataar's tent city is hard – but Mongolians won't give up their gers 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z By this means, he said, the hooves of the animals break up what he calls the “cancer of desertification”: the crust of algae that forms on bare soil in dry areas. Eat more meat and save the world: the latest implausible farming miracle 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z Everyone would benefit from less global warming, which threatens to raise sea levels, cause desertification, spread tropical diseases, hurt polar bears, and so forth. Is This How to Sell Americans on Fighting Global Warming? 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z “The effects of desertification are increasingly felt globally as victims turn into refugees” or “turn to radicalisation, extremism or resource-driven wars for survival,” warned the UN. Africa's Green Wall To Block Terrorism 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z Around the world, 168 countries are undergoing “some level of desertification,” Dan Baum reports in the June issue of Scientific American. Seeding the clouds offers rainmaking hope for drought-stricken planet Land degradation, not to be confused with desertification, is estimated at 105 million hectares, constituting 32% of India’s total land. Worsening Droughts Add To India's Desertification Problem 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z There is a similar story about desertification in many areas, especially Sub-Saharan Africa. Fighting climate change with taxpayer dollars isn't a fight against freedom – it's a fight against the end of the planet 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z And if grasslands wither on a global scale, “it would not only cause widespread desertification, but accelerate climate warming by increasing carbon dioxide levels in the air”, he says. Land models put to climate test 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z Contributing factors include desertification linked to climate change, and the heavy-handed actions of Nigerian security forces, who worked with local militias dubbed Joint Civilian Task Forces to counter the group. 5 Things to Know About Boko Haram 2014-05-08T17:15:00Z Lost grassland boosts desertification and helps cause massive sand storms that sometimes carry as far as eastern Canada. Asia-Pacific Nations Failing to Save Forests, Grassland Loss 2014-03-11T07:38:24Z Mongols say that mining, along with desertification, is ruining their grasslands. Sweeping change across China's Inner Mongolia 2014-02-05T20:16:17Z The villagers say they want the company held responsible for environmental damage that they say is the cause of disease, livestock fatalities and desertification. Imider Journal: On Moroccan Hill, Villagers Make Stand Against a Mine 2014-01-24T01:19:08Z Japan any near-term commitment to cut carbon emissions, Canada withdrew from the United Nations convention to combat desertification and the Australian government, elected in September, decided to scrap climate-change agencies and carbon taxes. 365 days: 2013 in review 2013-12-18T18:50:23.347Z “We would like to stop the desertification here,” the ambassador says. Let a billion trees bloom: Can a great green wall of trees stop China’s spreading desert? 2013-11-22T17:17:33Z Many developing nations also want a new U.N. mechanism to help compensate for loss and damage from creeping effects of climate change, such as rising sea levels, desertification and ocean acidification. U.N. Secretary-General Seeks Bold Climate Pledges at 2014 Summit; Not a Ceadline 2013-11-22T05:15:06.107Z Bolivia and other developing countries accused the rich of failing to show willingness to discuss aid or compensation for losses and harm due to global warming, such as rising sea levels or creeping desertification. Rich-poor Divide Deepens over Aid to Cope with Global Warming 2013-11-20T22:45:05.920Z Although atmospheric CO2 levels are strongly implicated in climate change, other human activities are also very important, particularly deforestation, extensive agriculture, desertification, and removal of natural waters for irrigation. Who Cares About Global Warming? 2013-07-28T18:54:00Z Some experts say desertification is more about poor land management Desertification in Africa's Sahel region may be driving a range of problems including terrorism. 'Green wall' to target Sahel terrorism 2013-05-03T00:06:18Z About one-third of the Earth is exposed to desertification, according to a 2004 United Nations study. Let a billion trees bloom: Can a great green wall of trees stop China’s spreading desert? 2013-11-22T17:17:33Z Its air and water pollution is abysmal; so is a loss of an arable acreage to desertification. Aid policy: Helping whom, exactly? 2013-04-24T17:52:27Z We already know it is too late to reverse the planet’s transformation, and we know what is going to happen next – superstorms, super-droughts, super-pandemics, massive population displacement, water scarcity, desertification and all the rest. Dot Earth Blog: An Earth Scientist Explores the Biggest Climate Threat: Fear 2013-04-27T13:01:38Z Such a bacterium might help to combat desertification — the degradation of fertile land into desert when soil nutrients are lost. Synthetic biologists and conservationists open talks 2013-04-17T17:20:28.297Z "Despite what some people think, desertification is not the advancing of the desert - we are not talking about sand encroachment here," says Michele Bozzano, a research support officer for Bioversity International. 'Green wall' to target Sahel terrorism 2013-05-03T00:06:18Z Some regions of China are considered too windy for good farming; 61 percent of the country’s desertification is caused by wind. Can Soil Replace Oil as a Source of Energy? [Excerpt] 2013-04-05T18:15:00.207Z However, they have become more frequent in recent times due to desertification and increasing water scarcity. Sandstorms Add to China's Air Misery 2013-02-28T08:20:00Z "Recent decades have seen the advance of a spiritual desertification," he said in his sermon of a morning Mass, opening a worldwide "Year of Faith". Pope acknowledges "bad fish" in Church 2012-10-11T21:57:20Z "Recent decades have seen the advance of a spiritual desertification," he said, opening a worldwide "Year of Faith". Pope warns lapsed Catholics of "spiritual desertification" 2012-10-11T12:17:31Z “We must confront school failure, unemployment and the desertification of certain districts.” Marseille Journal: Marseille Hit by Violent Wave of Drug Crimes 2012-09-20T03:00:40Z Droughts and desertification are a way of life and the literacy rate among the 15 million-strong population is among the lowest in the world at less than 30%. Olympics 2012: Backwater of Niger unearths a source of pride at Dorney 2012-07-31T12:47:31Z It has also devoted much time, effort, and money into research on combating desertification. Sandstorms Add to China's Air Misery 2013-02-28T08:20:00Z Increasing desertification, especially in Iraq, is compounding problems. Regions Where Water Disputes Are Fuelling Tensions: A Global Snapshot 2012-07-24T18:15:23.080Z We are here in Rio 20 years after the adoption of three powerful, well crafted, forward looking treaties, on climate change, biodiversity and combating desertification. Rio+20: Jeffrey Sachs on how business destroyed democracy and virtuous life 2012-06-22T10:15:00Z It is 20 years since Rio hosted the Earth Summit, which spawned UN conventions on climate change, biodiversity and desertification, as well as the Agenda 21 blueprint for sustainable development. VIDEO: UN: Earth issues progress too slow 2012-06-20T22:42:29Z For their part, rich nations neglected the convention because they do not view desertification as an acute concern. Earth summit: Rio report card 2012-06-06T17:20:45.627Z Eventually, however, floods and desertification will start reducing farmland and therefore the availability of grain. Apocalypse Soon: Has Civilization Passed the Environmental Point of No Return? 2012-05-23T11:15:00.247Z He could have gotten into a lot of technical detail right off the bat describing the various debates about the causes of desertification. Probing the Passions of Science: An Interview with Carl Zimmer on the Art of Science Writing 2011-12-20T15:15:05.230Z Delegates from 194 countries will gather in Changwon, South Korea, to discuss progress and targets to tackle desertification at the 10th meeting of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. Seven days: 30 September?6 October 2011 2011-10-05T17:20:18.957Z A desert may need no defining, but desertification is not so easy to pin down. Environment: Science enters desert debate 2011-09-14T17:21:08.233Z Last year, nations agreed to establish a fellowship programme, starting this year, to support postgraduate students and young scientists from developing countries to study and train at specialized institutions on land degradation and desertification. Earth summit: Rio report card 2012-06-06T17:20:45.627Z By the mid 2000s a third of Spain was at risk from desertification due to agriculture, tourism and of course climate change. Europe's Disintegration: It's Not About the PIIGS or the Euro 2011-07-11T18:23:40Z Former herder Tsagaan-Ovgon said he hoped to use his shares to return to the land and plant trees, helping to reverse the desertification that drove him to the capital city. FEATURE-"Stock Markets 101" for Mongolians ahead of coal mine IPO 2011-07-06T09:49:42Z This circulation pattern, known as a Hadley cell, contributes to desertification, trade winds and the jet stream. Global Warming and the Science of Extreme Weather 2011-06-29T12:15:00.240Z They also need to learn how best to track desertification using satellite data. Environment: Science enters desert debate 2011-09-14T17:21:08.233Z It took countries until 2009 to agree on a set of 11 impact indicators to measure progress towards combating desertification and land degradation. Earth summit: Rio report card 2012-06-06T17:20:45.627Z The management, conservation and sustainable development of dry forests are central to combating desertification. Trees 'help stem desertification' 2011-06-20T16:22:59Z Risen and Critcher show the generality of such influences on judgment by demonstrating that thirsty participants believe droughts and desertification are a worse threat to the future than do unthirsty folks. Smarter Spending: Embrace the 'Wait and C' Approach 2011-05-31T09:15:00Z They eventually over-grazed the land made fragile by 15 years of drought, contributing to the loss of productive land, or desertification. Hidden Water Holds the Key to a Changing Desert 2011-04-28T15:02:00Z The unit is charged with assessing “the national security impact of phenomena such as desertification, rising sea levels, population shifts and heightened competition for natural resources,” the agency said in 2009. Green: Spymasters Flash Their Green Bonafides 2011-04-25T15:39:05Z Land under cultivation has already fallen almost to the government’s 120 million hectare limit after being consumed by apartments, factories, desertification and a forestation campaign. China Crops in Short Supply as Fewer Farms Spur Food Futures 2011-04-18T23:21:14Z Forests and trees in arid zones are central to understanding the process of desertification - they provide local communities with sustainable livelihoods but also fodder livestock, fuelwood, medicine, timber, resin and gums. Trees 'help stem desertification' 2011-06-20T16:22:59Z Consider the history of Lake Chad as an ecample of the desertification problem in the region. Great Green African Wall Planned for Sahara 2011-03-10T05:17:59Z In a separate study, participants were significantly more likely to agree with a statement that desertification and drought were a growing problem if they were made to eat several pretzels before answering. Green: In a Warm Room, the Globe Feels Hotter 2011-02-01T19:03:18Z Most of the desertification in China happens on the fringes of the Gobi Desert which lies in the west of the country. Warning on China desertification 2011-01-04T13:05:41Z The implications for desertification and global warming are immense. Why Hope Grows Anew in Africa's Expanding Deserts 2010-12-11T15:20:00Z The project was set up in 2004 with the goal of helping people to plant and manage of acacia forests in an effort to halt desertification, while helping villages in at-risk areas. Trees 'help stem desertification' 2011-06-20T16:22:59Z Other than stopping desertification and erosion, the wall would also provide a catalyst for a multifaceted international economic and environmental program. Great Green African Wall Planned for Sahara 2011-03-10T05:17:59Z He said 300,000 people die annually from droughts, floods, desertification, storms and rising seas caused by greenhouse gas emissions since the Industrial Revolution. U.N. climate talks on knife edge as Bolivia slams rich 2010-12-10T01:21:00Z More than one quarter of China is either covered by desert or is land that is suffering desertification. Warning on China desertification 2011-01-04T13:05:41Z Environmentalists are concerned that large-scale mining in southern Mongolia would increase desertification. RPT-SPECIAL REPORT-Mongolia's fabled mine stirs Asian frontier 2010-10-13T02:52:00Z The UN says that about 30% of dry lands are degraded, with particular susceptibility to desertification. Trees 'help stem desertification' 2011-06-20T16:22:59Z On Our Radar: Tibet's High-Altitude Meadows Disappear Tibet's high-altitude meadows disappear as global warming and overgrazing accelerate desertification. Apple-Facebook Friction Erupts Over Ping 2010-09-03T03:59:00Z Climate change exacerbates desertification, which aggravates those disputes, potentially sparking new wars and humanitarian disasters. 2010-01-09T21:15:00Z Drought cycles, desertification, and a 2.9% population growth rate, have undercut the economy. The 2008 CIA World Factbook Mongolia is experiencing higher degree of climate change -- over 70 percent of Mongolia's territory is suffering desertification. RPT-SPECIAL REPORT-Mongolia's fabled mine stirs Asian frontier 2010-10-13T02:52:00Z The addition of 75 million people each year to an already overcrowded globe is exacerbating the problems of pollution, desertification, underemployment, epidemics, and famine. The 2005 CIA World Factbook Drought cycles, desertification, a 2.9% population growth rate, and the drop in world demand for uranium have undercut the economy. The 2006 CIA World Factbook Drought cycles, desertification, and a 2.9% population growth rate, have undercut the economy. The 2007 CIA World Factbook The addition of nearly 100 million people each year to an already overcrowded globe is exacerbating the problems of pollution, desertification, underemployment, epidemics, and famine. The 1993 CIA World Factbook For the world as a whole, the addition of nearly 100 million people each year to an already overcrowded globe will exacerbate the problems of pollution, desertification, underemployment, epidemics, and famine. The 1992 CIA World Factbook Drought cycles, desertification, a 3.3% population growth rate, and the drop in world demand for uranium have undercut the economy. The 2005 CIA World Factbook Drought cycles, desertification, a 2.9% population growth rate, and the drop in world demand for uranium have undercut the economy. The 2006 CIA World Factbook As for prospects in the 1990s, the addition of nearly 100 million people a year to an already overcrowded globe will exacerbate the problems of pollution, desertification, underemployment, epidemics, and famine. The 1991 CIA World Factbook The addition of nearly 100 million people a year to an already overcrowded globe will exacerbate the problems of pollution, desertification, underemployment, and poverty throughout the 1990s. The 1990 CIA World Factbook The addition of 75 million people each year to an already overcrowded globe is exacerbating the problems of pollution, desertification, underemployment, epidemics, and famine. The 2005 CIA World Factbook |
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