Rock shelters in the central Saharan massifs preserve anthropogenic stratigraphic
sequences that represent both a precious archive for the prehistory of the region and a …

The cultivation of watermelons has been a fast growing agriculture industry in the arid,
desert regions of Morocco, relying on groundwater pumping and transformation of …

Landsat time-series with 10-year intervals from 1991 to 2021 were used to extract
information on land use and land cover (LULC) changes in the Ternata oasis over the past …

Central Sahara rock shelters offer an early and middle Holocene environmental
reconstruction. This paper summarises palynological research carried out within a …

Crop extent and frequency maps are an important input to inform the debate around land
value and competitive land uses, in particular between cropping and mining in the case of …

Pollen analyses of 13 archaeological sites in the Wadi Teshuinat area, in southwestern
Fezzan, Libya, were synthesised to explore the potential contribution of palynological …

In 1995, a large database of satellite imagery with worldwide coverage taken from 1960 until
1972 was declassified. The main advantages of this imagery known as CORONA that made …

The Drâa valley located in the south of Morocco is a typical semi-arid area facing water
scarcity problems. This Ph. D. thesis is part of the interdisciplinary research project IMPETUS …

Soil resources are crucial for the well-being of man and the environment. The results of the
first Global Assessment of Human-induced Soil Degradation (GLASOD) indicate that 13% of …

This chapter discusses the human condition in extremely arid lands, namely the interaction
of people and environment, and the relevance of the study of the present for the …