Desertification
noun
The process by which fertile land becomes desert, often because of drought, deforestation, and unsuitable farming methods.
Without intervention, desertification can lead to famine and population displacement
Often appears as...
- combat desertification
- desertification process
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Academic
noun
The process by which fertile land becomes desert, often because of drought, deforestation, and unsuitable farming methods.
Without intervention, desertification can lead to famine and population displacement
Often appears as...
- combat desertification
- desertification process
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Human Causes
Emphasize desertification often results from human actions, not just natural events.
Overgrazing by livestock accelerates desertification, turning grasslands into barren lands.
Pro Tip 2/3Global Issue
Recognize that desertification affects many countries, not just those with existing deserts.
Desertification in China's Loess Plateau has serious global environmental implications.
Pro Tip 3/3Preventable Problem
Understand that desertification can often be prevented or reversed with sustainable practices.
Planting trees is one way to prevent desertification and restore land health.
Pro Tip 1/3Human Causes
Emphasize desertification often results from human actions, not just natural events.
Overgrazing by livestock accelerates desertification, turning grasslands into barren lands.
Pro Tip 2/3Global Issue
Recognize that desertification affects many countries, not just those with existing deserts.
Desertification in China's Loess Plateau has serious global environmental implications.
Pro Tip 3/3Preventable Problem
Understand that desertification can often be prevented or reversed with sustainable practices.
Planting trees is one way to prevent desertification and restore land health.
Pro Tip 1/3Human Causes
Emphasize desertification often results from human actions, not just natural events.
Overgrazing by livestock accelerates desertification, turning grasslands into barren lands.
Pro Tip 2/3Global Issue
Recognize that desertification affects many countries, not just those with existing deserts.
Desertification in China's Loess Plateau has serious global environmental implications.
Pro Tip 3/3Preventable Problem
Understand that desertification can often be prevented or reversed with sustainable practices.
Planting trees is one way to prevent desertification and restore land health.
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Avoiding desertification...
intense grazing of cattle you could emulate what happened with ancient herds and basically give grasslands the the churn and the nutrients that they need to grow and avoid desertification and a lot of people would said wow that's the most hopeful thing I've heard in ages
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Magnus Larsson: Turning...
That's the kind of forced migration that desertification can lead to. If you happen to live close to the desert border, you can pretty much calculate how long it will be before you have to carry your kids away, and abandon your home and your life as you know it.
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Pavan Sukhdev: Put a...
shows that if we had accounted for these costs -- the cost of loss of topsoil, the cost of loss of waterways, the lost productivity, the loss to local communities as a result of all these factors, desertification and so on -- those costs are almost twice as much
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Michael Pawlyn: Using...
of the land by plants that helped create the benign climate we currently enjoy. The converse is also true. The more vegetation we lose, the more that's likely to exacerbate climate change and lead to further desertification. And this animation,
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Why Four Cowboys Rode...
and Wildlife organizations that want priorities be put on native species the horses don't have a place to go there is not enough adopters they virtually have no predators and over grazing is real over grazing leads to desertification it
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Helping humans and...
And the numbers of people living in an area that the land cannot support, who are too poor to buy food, who can't move away because the whole land is degraded. And so you get desertification -- creeping, creeping, creeping --
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Deserts 101 PIPE National...
But by practicing responsible agriculture, better management of limited water resources, and limiting further development, it may be possible to curb desertification while protecting our surprisingly rich desert ecosystems.
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The hidden treasures of...
As desertification and war impoverished the region, families held on to the ancient books even as they faced desperate poverty and near-starvation. Even today, the struggle to protect the books continues.
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A forgotten ancient...
are expected to migrate due to desertification. This is the biggest global wave of migration since the Second World War, and it's only set to grow. So far this year,
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How to green the world's...
Carbon goes back to the atmosphere. Now you're told over and over, repeatedly, that desertification is only occurring in arid and semi-arid areas of the world,
Video examples
Avoiding desertification...
intense grazing of cattle you could emulate what happened with ancient herds and basically give grasslands the the churn and the nutrients that they need to grow and avoid desertification and a lot of people would said wow that's the most hopeful thing I've heard in ages
Video examples
Magnus Larsson: Turning...
That's the kind of forced migration that desertification can lead to. If you happen to live close to the desert border, you can pretty much calculate how long it will be before you have to carry your kids away, and abandon your home and your life as you know it.
Video examples
Pavan Sukhdev: Put a...
shows that if we had accounted for these costs -- the cost of loss of topsoil, the cost of loss of waterways, the lost productivity, the loss to local communities as a result of all these factors, desertification and so on -- those costs are almost twice as much
Video examples
Michael Pawlyn: Using...
of the land by plants that helped create the benign climate we currently enjoy. The converse is also true. The more vegetation we lose, the more that's likely to exacerbate climate change and lead to further desertification. And this animation,
Video examples
Why Four Cowboys Rode...
and Wildlife organizations that want priorities be put on native species the horses don't have a place to go there is not enough adopters they virtually have no predators and over grazing is real over grazing leads to desertification it
Video examples
Helping humans and...
And the numbers of people living in an area that the land cannot support, who are too poor to buy food, who can't move away because the whole land is degraded. And so you get desertification -- creeping, creeping, creeping --
Video examples
Deserts 101 PIPE National...
But by practicing responsible agriculture, better management of limited water resources, and limiting further development, it may be possible to curb desertification while protecting our surprisingly rich desert ecosystems.
Video examples
The hidden treasures of...
As desertification and war impoverished the region, families held on to the ancient books even as they faced desperate poverty and near-starvation. Even today, the struggle to protect the books continues.
Video examples
A forgotten ancient...
are expected to migrate due to desertification. This is the biggest global wave of migration since the Second World War, and it's only set to grow. So far this year,
Video examples
How to green the world's...
Carbon goes back to the atmosphere. Now you're told over and over, repeatedly, that desertification is only occurring in arid and semi-arid areas of the world,
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Amy Goodman
American Journalist
Beyond the borders of wealthy countries like the United States, in developing countries where most people in the world live, the impacts of climate change are much more deadly, from the growing desertification of Africa to the threats of rising sea levels and the submersion of small island nations.
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Jamais Cascio
American Writer
Fragile economies and weak infrastructures tend to worsen the results of climate disruptions, a problem exemplified by Bangladesh's vulnerability to monsoons, accelerating desertification in northern China, and, most visibly, Hurricane Katrina's devastation in New Orleans.
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Gunter Grass
German Author
We already have the statistics for the future: the growth percentages of pollution, overpopulation, desertification. The future is already in place.
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Magnus Larsson
Swedish Athlete
The threat is desertification. My response is a sandstone wall made from solidified sand.
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Amy Goodman
American Journalist
Beyond the borders of wealthy countries like the United States, in developing countries where most people in the world live, the impacts of climate change are much more deadly, from the growing desertification of Africa to the threats of rising sea levels and the submersion of small island nations.
Quote examples
Jamais Cascio
American Writer
Fragile economies and weak infrastructures tend to worsen the results of climate disruptions, a problem exemplified by Bangladesh's vulnerability to monsoons, accelerating desertification in northern China, and, most visibly, Hurricane Katrina's devastation in New Orleans.
Quote examples
Gunter Grass
German Author
We already have the statistics for the future: the growth percentages of pollution, overpopulation, desertification. The future is already in place.
Quote examples
Magnus Larsson
Swedish Athlete
The threat is desertification. My response is a sandstone wall made from solidified sand.
Example 1 of 4
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