Climate change, drought, land degradation and migration: exploring the linkages

K Hermans, R McLeman - Current opinion in environmental sustainability, 2021 - Elsevier
Droughts are significant drivers of land degradation, which in turn has adverse effects on
resource-dependent rural populations and can potentially lead to livelihood losses and …

An overview of the emergence and challenges of land reclamation: Issues and prospect

KE Ukhurebor, UO Aigbe, RB Onyancha… - Applied and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The issues of land degradation are directly or indirectly influenced by human and/or natural
actions, and it is one of the most challenging issues confronting several regions of the world …

Microbial necromass in cropland soils: A global meta‐analysis of management effects

R Zhou, Y Liu, JAJ Dungait, A Kumar… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Microbial necromass is a large and persistent component of soil organic carbon (SOC),
especially under croplands. The effects of cropland management on microbial necromass …

Measuring the immeasurable: A structural equation modeling approach to assessing soil health

TMC Maaz, RH Heck, CT Glazer, MK Loo… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil health is recognized as an important ecosystem property sensitive to human impact. As
a concept, soil health cannot be directly measured, and so assessment and modeling efforts …

Modeling and mapping of soil salinity and its impact on Paddy Lands in Jaffna Peninsula, Sri Lanka

T Gopalakrishnan, L Kumar - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Soil salinity is a major threat to land productivity, water resources and agriculture in coastal
areas and arid and semi-arid regions of the world. This has a significantly negative effect on …

Carbon sequestration potential of agroforestry systems in degraded landscapes in West Java, Indonesia

M Siarudin, SA Rahman, Y Artati, Y Indrajaya… - Forests, 2021 - mdpi.com
When restoring degraded landscapes, approaches capable of striking a balance between
improving environmental services and enhancing human wellbeing need to be considered …

An integrated approach for estimating soil health: Incorporating digital elevation models and remote sensing of vegetation

KK Aqdam, S Rezapour, F Asadzadeh… - Computers and Electronics …, 2023 - Elsevier
The deterioration of soil health (SH) in agricultural lands is a global challenge that poses a
threat to food and resource security. We developed a practical framework to facilitate the …

[HTML][HTML] Sustaining planetary health through systems thinking: Public health's critical role

HS Iyer, NV DeVille, O Stoddard, J Cole, SS Myers… - SSM-Population …, 2021 - Elsevier
Understanding and responding to adverse human health impacts of global environmental
change will be a major priority of 21st century public health professionals. The emerging …

Human-triggered magnification of erosion rates in European Alps since the Bronze Age

W Rapuc, C Giguet-Covex, J Bouchez… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
A major feature of the Anthropocene is the drastic increase in global soil erosion. Soil
erosion is threatening Earth habitability not only as soils are an essential component of the …

Farmers' beliefs and concerns about climate change, and their adaptation behavior to combat climate change in Saudi Arabia

MI Azeem, B Alhafi Alotaibi - PLoS One, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Climate change threatens the existence of humankind on the planet Earth. Owing to its arid
climate and poor natural resources base, Saudi Arabia is particularly susceptible to the …