Global desertification vulnerability to climate change and human activities
Desertification is the impoverishment of arid, semiarid, and some subhumid ecosystems.
The assessment of global scale desertification vulnerability to climate change and human …
The assessment of global scale desertification vulnerability to climate change and human …
Climate change impacts on water security in global drylands
Water scarcity affects 1–2 billion people globally, most of whom live in drylands. Under
projected climate change, millions more people will be living under conditions of severe …
projected climate change, millions more people will be living under conditions of severe …
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 …
Climate Change and Land: An IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land …
Chemical sand stabilization: A review of material, mechanism, and problems
YX Zang, W Gong, H Xie, BL Liu… - Environmental …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Chemical sand stabilization has potential for desertification control and this method is
characterized by its speed and convenience in operation compared with other stabilization …
characterized by its speed and convenience in operation compared with other stabilization …
[HTML][HTML] Driving factors of desertification in Qaidam Basin, China: An 18-year analysis using the geographic detector model
J Han, J Wang, L Chen, J Xiang, Z Ling, Q Li… - Ecological Indicators, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Qaidam Basin is a cornucopia of salt mineral resources in China, but
desertification in the basin has seriously impacted residents' lives and economic …
desertification in the basin has seriously impacted residents' lives and economic …
The grass is not always greener on the other side: Seasonal reversal of vegetation greenness in aspect‐driven semiarid ecosystems
Our current understanding of semiarid ecosystems is that they tend to display higher
vegetation greenness on polar‐facing slopes (PFS) than on equatorial‐facing slopes (EFS) …
vegetation greenness on polar‐facing slopes (PFS) than on equatorial‐facing slopes (EFS) …
Monitoring desertification processes using ecological indicators and providing management programs in arid regions of Iran
Desertification is a serious and perilous threat to natural ecosystems. Understanding the
spatio-temporal characteristics of this process through the evaluation and monitoring of …
spatio-temporal characteristics of this process through the evaluation and monitoring of …
Monitoring land sensitivity to desertification in Central Asia: Convergence or divergence?
Abstract In Central Asia, desertification risk is one of the main environmental and
socioeconomic issues; thus, monitoring land sensitivity to desertification is an extremely …
socioeconomic issues; thus, monitoring land sensitivity to desertification is an extremely …
Satellite monitoring the spatial-temporal dynamics of desertification in response to climate change and human activities across the Ordos Plateau, China
Q Guo, B Fu, P Shi, T Cudahy, J Zhang, H Xu - Remote sensing, 2017 - mdpi.com
The Ordos Plateau, a typical semi-arid area in northern China, has experienced severe wind
erosion events that have stripped the agriculturally important finer fraction of the topsoil and …
erosion events that have stripped the agriculturally important finer fraction of the topsoil and …
Spatial and temporal dynamics of desertification and its driving mechanism in Hexi region
J Zhang, Q Guan, Q Du, F Ni, J Mi… - Land Degradation & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Investigating the spatio‐temporal patterns of desertification and its driving mechanisms is
crucial for efforts to improve the ecology and environment and combat desertification. Based …
crucial for efforts to improve the ecology and environment and combat desertification. Based …