As a sensitive region, identifying land cover change in drylands is critical to understanding
global environmental change. However, the current findings related to land cover change in …

Adaptation is important in drylands to enhance the climate change resilience of inhabitants
who depend on the environment for their livelihoods. Dryland farmers in sub-Saharan Africa …

Assessing environmentally sensitive areas (ESA) to desertification and understanding their
primary drivers are necessary for applying targeted management practices to combat land …

Coastal social-ecological systems (SES) are essential for the wellbeing of coastal
communities and the wider society. However, in many parts of the world coastal SES face …

This study aims to measure changes in climatic factors and their relationship to vegetation
growth in Qatar to develop a plant-climate characterization for native desert plants. By …

Societal Impact Statement Climate change is predicted to increase drought and soil salinity
in Mediterranean‐type ecosystems (MTEs), posing a significant threat to global food …

Soil quality is fundamental for ecosystem long term functionality, productivity and resilience
to current climatic changes. Despite its importance, soil is lost and degraded at dramatic …

In arid zones, the yields of soft winter wheat varieties are particularly affected by the
variations of hydrothermal conditions. This especially applies to direct seeding practices, for …

The objective of this study was to evaluate the separability potential of Sentinel-2A
(MultiSpectral Instrument, MSI) and Landsat (Operational Land Imager, OLI and Thermal …

With extraordinary global climate changes, increased episodes of extreme conditions result
in continuous but complex interaction of environmental variables with plant life. Exploring …