Combining ecological restoration with climate-resilient agriculture to tackle desertification

Desertification threatens 24% of the world's land area spanning 126 countries and impacts 35% of the global population. Yet ...
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World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought: Using Nuclear Science to Map Water Resources

The World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought underlines the urgent need to halt land degradation through global cooperation and innovative solutions – such as those offered by nuclear science.
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Ecologists describe strong desertification in northern Algeria

RUDN University ecologists and colleagues from Algeria, Greece, Egypt, and Russia have determined the scale and causes of desertification in northern Algeria. The analysis was carried out using ...
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Hungary’s ‘water guardian’ farmers fight back against desertification

KISKUNMAJSA, Hungary (AP) — Oszkár Nagyapáti climbed to the bottom of a sandy pit on his land on the Great Hungarian Plain and dug into the soil with his hand, looking for a sign of groundwater that ...
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Desertification talks open in Saudi Arabia as experts fire warning

Saudi Arabia is home to one of the world's biggest deserts - Copyright AFP FRANCK FIFE Saudi Arabia is home to one of the world's biggest deserts - Copyright AFP ...

‘Green Arabia’: Saudi Arabia’s vast deserts were once rivers, lakes and grasslands, studies show

New scientific studies show Saudi Arabia’s deserts were once humid, green landscapes shaped by rivers, lakes and monsoon ...