Drylands cover about 42% of the Earth's land surface and are increasingly threatened by human land-use pressures like agriculture, alternative energy sources, overgrazing and climate change. Up to a ...

Researchers warn that the world’s drylands are being severely affected by climate change. They say that could harm the livelihoods and food security for billions of people. The code has been copied to ...

Does a warmer climate mean more dry land? For years, researchers projected that drylands—including deserts, savannas and shrublands—will expand as the planet warms, but new research from the Harvard ...

Planting forests in drylands all over the world is unlikely to help in the fight against global warming and climate change, according to Israeli research that cast a question mark over massive tree ...

Africa’s drylands are often imagined as vast, empty spaces. Romantic wilderness on the one hand. Zones of hunger, conflict and poverty on the other. Media stories tend to emphasise crises and scarcity ...

Increased carbon dioxide emissions since industrialization have accelerated climate change, and its widespread negative impacts have been reported worldwide. But the rising concentrations of CO2 in ...

Drylands are one of the world’s largest land types, covering nearly half of the earth’s land surface. Comprised of arid and semi-arid regions, drylands include true deserts like the Sahara, as well as ...

A new study shows the importance of long-term soil moisture changes and associated soil moisture-atmosphere feedbacks in future predictions of water availability in drylands. The researchers ...

Environmental and development experts have provided insights on how drylands can contribute to the growth of agriculture and the larger economy in Africa. The experts spoke at the first-ever digital ...

The United Nations (UN) recently launched the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration to prevent, halt and reverse the degradation of ecosystems worldwide. It is a response to evidence that our current abuse ...

While drylands around the world will expand at an accelerated rate because of future climate change, their average productivity will likely be reduced, according to a new study. These regions, which ...

SDE BOKER, Israel, July 23, 2024 – Drylands cover about 42% of the earth’s land surface and are increasingly threatened by human land-use pressures like agriculture, alternative energy sources, ...