Urban sustainability is essential to address the challenges posed by population explosion,
excessive consumption, and environmental disasters. Controversial discussions between …

Abstract Structure of cyanobacteria crusts are contained of a variety of species that having a
range of attributes which contributed to their resilience and survival in arid and hyper-arid …

This study was carried out to determine whether the changes in dust concentration (DC) in
Iran were attributed to changes in aridity index (AI) from 1990 to 2018. Long-term …

In Iran, desertification is usually caused by both nature and humans̓ greedy behaviors
such that, more than 75% of the country's area is dominated by arid zones, and most of the …

The present study was conducted to assess the land degradation (LD) in the largest source
area for dust storms in Southeastern Ahvaz (SEA) using a Modified Mediterranean …

Discussions on desertification frequently highlight soil erosion as a striking feature of this
phenomenon. In particular, the high spatial density of gullies represents a strong indication …

Land degradation and desertification are considered substantial issues in ecological and
social research; hence the need for a quantitative, reliable, and repeatable methodology to …

Resumo das terras, na qual a deterioração persistente dos solos e a destruição das
caatingas constituem expressões marcantes. Condicionantes locais, como a crescente …

In the Salitre River basin, in the state of Bahia, the interactions between semiarid climate
and soils with calcic and calcretic horizons impose peculiar natural conditions in the …

Land use change is the most important cause of disturbances in the natural environment. It
increases the severity of natural disasters such as floods, dust storms, etc. Moreover, it also …