Land degradation reduces soil functioning and, consequently, the services that soil
provides. Soil hydrological functions are critical to combat soil degradation and promote soil …

Despite their extent and socio‐ecological importance, a comprehensive biogeographical
synthesis of drylands is lacking. Here we synthesize the biogeography of key organisms …

Photovoltaic (PV) solar energy generating capacity has grown by 41 per cent per year since
2009 1. Energy system projections that mitigate climate change and aid universal energy …

Aridity, which is increasing worldwide because of climate change, affects the structure and
functioning of dryland ecosystems. Whether aridification leads to gradual (versus abrupt) …

In May 2019, Collection 2 of the Copernicus Global Land Cover layers was released. Next to
a global discrete land cover map at 100 m resolution, a set of cover fraction layers is …

Drylands cover 41% of the earth's land surface and include 45% of the world's agricultural
land. These regions are among the most vulnerable ecosystems to anthropogenic climate …

Irrigated agriculture accounts for∼ 90% of anthropogenic freshwater consumption, is
deployed on 22% of cultivated land, and provides 40% of global food production. Expanding …

Two questions motivated this study: 1) Will meteorological droughts become more frequent
and severe during the twenty-first century? 2) Given the projected global temperature rise, to …

Extreme environments on Earth are typically devoid of macro life forms and are inhabited
predominantly by highly adapted and specialized microorganisms. The discovery and …

Desertification is the impoverishment of arid, semiarid, and some subhumid ecosystems.
The assessment of global scale desertification vulnerability to climate change and human …