As the world prepares for three landmark UN Conferences of the Parties (Tri-COP)—focused on tackling biodiversity loss, climate change, and desertification—the harsh realities of these interconnected ...

Desertification is the process of semi-arid grassland becoming degraded and drier and turning into desert. Most of the areas at risk from desertification are on the borders of existing deserts, for ...

Afforestation is a good strategy to reduce the risk of desertification as tree roots bind the soil together and leaves provide shade to stop the ground from drying out, as well as providing leaf ...

Sep. 9, 2024 — A new study has found that the increase in soil erosion in coastal areas due to desertification is worsening flood impacts on Middle Eastern and North African port cities.

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 ...