Assessing the effects of China's three-north shelter forest program over 40 years

J Zhai, L Wang, Y Liu, C Wang, X Mao - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Forests provide vital ecosystem services such as soil and water conservation, climate
regulation, and carbon storage. Large-scale afforestation programs are being attempted in …

[HTML][HTML] Food-energy-water nexus in Iran over the last two centuries: A food secure future?

F Amiraslani, D Dragovich - Energy Nexus, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the past two centuries, Iranian agricultural policy and practice have been developed
dramatically, mostly in response to population growth, gradual improvements in technology …

A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for …

SS Lim, T Vos, AD Flaxman, G Danaei, K Shibuya… - The lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
Background Quantification of the disease burden caused by different risks informs
prevention by providing an account of health loss different to that provided by a disease-by …

Microbially induced carbonate precipitation for wind erosion control of desert soil: Field-scale tests

H Meng, Y Gao, J He, Y Qi, L Hang - Geoderma, 2021 - Elsevier
This study examined the potential of microbially induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) in
reducing wind erosion of desert soil. Field tests were conducted on artificial mounds and …

Desertification

A Mirzabaev, J Wu, J Evans, F García-Oliva… - 2019 - philpapers.org
Abstract IPCC SPECIAL REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAND (SRCCL) Chapter 3:
Climate Change and Land: An IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land …

[HTML][HTML] How much water did Iran lose over the last two decades?

P Saemian, MJ Tourian, A AghaKouchak… - Journal of Hydrology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Study area Iran. Study focus Iran, once a pioneer of sustainable water
management, is currently facing water bankruptcy. Aggressive exhaustion of non-renewable …

Iran's land suitability for agriculture

MB Mesgaran, K Madani, H Hashemi, P Azadi - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Increasing population has posed insurmountable challenges to agriculture in the provision
of future food security, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region where …

Sand and dust storms: Impact mitigation

N Middleton, U Kang - Sustainability, 2017 - mdpi.com
Sand and dust storms (SDS) play an integral role in the Earth system but they also present a
range of hazards to the environmental and economic sustainability of human society. These …

Land subsidence hazard modeling: Machine learning to identify predictors and the role of human activities

O Rahmati, A Golkarian, T Biggs, S Keesstra… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Land subsidence caused by land use change and overexploitation of groundwater is an
example of mismanagement of natural resources, yet subsidence remains difficult to predict …

Identification of dust storm source areas in West Asia using multiple environmental datasets

H Cao, F Amiraslani, J Liu, N Zhou - Science of the Total Environment, 2015 - Elsevier
Sand and Dust storms are common phenomena in arid and semi-arid areas. West Asia
Region, especially Tigris-Euphrates alluvial plain, has been recognized as one of the most …