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Ferdi Magellan<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@ianmilliss" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ianmilliss</span></a></span> </p><p>“The solar panels create consistent shade, which helps retain moisture, lower soil temperatures, and reduce evaporation. In arid environments where water is scarce, these subtle changes can make a huge difference—allowing vegetation to flourishand supporting the growth of microorganisms essential for soil health.”</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/SolarPanels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPanels</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecology</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Desertification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Desertification</span></a></p>
Roland Maurice<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/carbon8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carbon8</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/regenerativeagriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regenerativeagriculture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/desertification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desertification</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wholisticgrazing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wholisticgrazing</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mobgrazing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mobgrazing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/metacrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metacrisis</span></a></p>
Headlines Africa<p>Africa: Strengthening Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities' Knowledge and Access Opens Up Opportunities for Climate, Biodiversity and Desertification Action: [IPS] Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada -- The central role Indigenous Peoples and local communities in addressing climate change, biodiversity loss and desertification has gained widespread recognition over the past decade.… <a href="http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJlk9B" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJlk</span><span class="invisible">9B</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/IndigenousPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousPeoples</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/ClimateAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateAction</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/SustainableDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SustainableDevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Desertification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Desertification</span></a></p>
Arthur Hau, PhD🐶🐱🌱🎵🦣<p><a href="https://tribe.net/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is cutting the <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> subsidies for <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/farmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farmers</span></a> to reduce the potential of <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/overgrazing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>overgrazing</span></a>. <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/Deforestation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deforestation</span></a> and overgrazing have been THE ultimate causes of <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/SoilErosion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoilErosion</span></a> and <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/desertification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desertification</span></a> around the world in the past 3000 to 7000 years, including the formation of giant <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/deserts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deserts</span></a> in the <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/Sahara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sahara</span></a> and the <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEast</span></a>. The <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/WestCoast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestCoast</span></a> is already turning into a giant <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/desert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desert</span></a>. Will it happen to Southern States? <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/Mississippi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mississippi</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/03/10/trump-climate-smart-agriculture-dei/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/climate-env</span><span class="invisible">ironment/2025/03/10/trump-climate-smart-agriculture-dei/</span></a></p>
Henri Horn<p>Large scale solar in China: The <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/SolarPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPower</span></a> installations in the Kubuqi desert in Inner Mongolia span a total area 400 km by 5 km and unlike the Great Wall, can be seen from space. 100GW of solar power capacity are planned by 2030. Satellite images show impressive progress.</p><p><a href="https://www.wiwo.de/technologie/wirtschaft-von-oben/wirtschaft-von-oben-307-energie-fuer-china-hier-baut-china-die-grosse-solar-mauer/30220218.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wiwo.de/technologie/wirtschaft</span><span class="invisible">-von-oben/wirtschaft-von-oben-307-energie-fuer-china-hier-baut-china-die-grosse-solar-mauer/30220218.html</span></a> </p><p>In addition to producing electricity, the panels also reduce surface wind speeds and protect plants from excess sunshine and <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/Desertification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Desertification</span></a>. Sand storms are mitigated. <br><a href="https://unfccc.int/climate-action/un-global-climate-action-awards/winning-projects/activity-database/elion-green-land-plan-china" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">unfccc.int/climate-action/un-g</span><span class="invisible">lobal-climate-action-awards/winning-projects/activity-database/elion-green-land-plan-china</span></a></p>
Tim Moore<p>Through this arrangement the customary link between the natural resource and its user was interrupted - abruptly disowning the traditional ecological knowledge of this ancient people. The pastures, not managed and protected anymore by the tribes, started to be over-grazed by free-ranging pastoralists.</p><p>A major role in this unfolding disaster was played by affluent urban investors who threw thousands of livestock into the steppe turning the grazing into a large-scale, totally unsustainable, industrial practice.<br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/desertification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desertification</span></a> <br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SyrianCivilWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SyrianCivilWar</span></a> <br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/bedouin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bedouin</span></a><br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/traditionalKnowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>traditionalKnowledge</span></a> <br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/industrialagriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>industrialagriculture</span></a> <br>Over-grazing and desertification in the Syrian steppe are the root causes of war <a href="https://theecologist.org/2015/jun/05/over-grazing-and-desertification-syrian-steppe-are-root-causes-war" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theecologist.org/2015/jun/05/o</span><span class="invisible">ver-grazing-and-desertification-syrian-steppe-are-root-causes-war</span></a></p>
Aboumael ⏚🔻🇺🇦 🇵🇸<p>[Futura Science] - L’un des plus grands lacs du monde s’est transformé en désert et libère une poussière toxique.<br>Karine Durand</p><p>C’est désormais officiel, le 4e plus grand lac du monde s’est transformé en désert. Il ne reste quasiment plus rien de la mer d'Aral, si ce n'est de la poussière hautement toxique qui voyage dans l'atmosphère. </p><p><a href="https://www.futura-sciences.com/planete/actualites/environnement-plus-grands-lacs-monde-transforme-desert-libere-poussiere-toxique-119486/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">futura-sciences.com/planete/ac</span><span class="invisible">tualites/environnement-plus-grands-lacs-monde-transforme-desert-libere-poussiere-toxique-119486/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon</span></a></p><p><a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/D%C3%A9sertification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Désertification</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/Eau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eau</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/S%C3%A9cheresse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sécheresse</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/Drought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drought</span></a> <br><a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/AgricultureIntensive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgricultureIntensive</span></a> <br><a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/R%C3%A9chauffementClimatique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RéchauffementClimatique</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/RevueDePresse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RevueDePresse</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a></p>
Maurice Lanselle<p>&gt; La première se souvient encore de la réaction de sa fille à l'annonce de la fermeture du site – "Elle m'a dit : 'Maman, on vend la maison'". </p><p>Mais qui voudrait acheter (et à quel prix?) dans une ville qui subit la désertification de l'emploi due à la désindustrialisation ? Et puis pour aller où? </p><p><a href="https://oc.todon.fr/tags/desindustrialisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desindustrialisation</span></a> <a href="https://oc.todon.fr/tags/desertification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desertification</span></a></p>
Transition Town Telford<p>It&#39;s a 30 minute watch - but worth it. <br />Roots - How to save the Earth</p><p><a href="https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/107211-001-A/roots/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">arte.tv/en/videos/107211-001-A</span><span class="invisible">/roots/</span></a><br />Please consider watching the whole series.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/soilscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>soilscience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>europe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/desertification" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>desertification</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/transitontogether" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>transitontogether</span></a></p>
Arthur Hau, PhD🐶🐱🌱🎵🦣<p><a href="https://tribe.net/tags/Desertification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Desertification</span></a> is like the spreading of a disease. Archaeology studies confirm that most of the giant deserts we see today, including the Sahara, Gobi, Loess Plateau, the Middle East, ... started to form about 5000 years ago, after human invented iron and copper refinery to make tools. Excessive human activities such as deforestation, agricultural activities, and overgrazing have been the main causes of desertification (AND <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a>). <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/Afghanistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Afghanistan</span></a> did not turn into a <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/desert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desert</span></a> overnight.</p>
Anne Delong<p>An interesting video about holding back the Sahara Desert:</p><p><a href="https://kottke.org/24/03/how-the-great-green-wall-is-holding-back-the-sahara-desert" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kottke.org/24/03/how-the-great</span><span class="invisible">-green-wall-is-holding-back-the-sahara-desert</span></a></p><p><a href="https://musician.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://musician.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a> <a href="https://musician.social/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://musician.social/tags/desertification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desertification</span></a></p>
O=C=O<p>How China’s renewables rollout boosts its ‘war on sand’ </p><p>Nearly 18% of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>’s landmass – roughly seven times the size of the UK – is affected by the issue, according to statistics reported by Guan Zhi’ou, director of China’s National Forestry and Grassland Administration and the head of the Chinese delegation to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/COP16" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COP16</span></a>, in November. <br>China’s effort to combat <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/desertification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desertification</span></a> has a strong link with its – and the world’s – <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> actions.</p><p><a href="https://www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-how-chinas-renewables-rollout-boosts-its-war-on-sand/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">carbonbrief.org/explainer-how-</span><span class="invisible">chinas-renewables-rollout-boosts-its-war-on-sand/</span></a></p>
Stephen Shankland<p>Interesting look at solar power and China's "War on Sand." Solar panels can increase soil moisture and ease sand-spreading winds. (And of course generate power, grid infrastructure permitting.) Not sure about the overall efficacy.</p><p><a href="https://www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-how-chinas-renewables-rollout-boosts-its-war-on-sand/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">carbonbrief.org/explainer-how-</span><span class="invisible">chinas-renewables-rollout-boosts-its-war-on-sand/</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solar</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Desert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Desert</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/desertification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desertification</span></a></p>
SustainabilityOnline<p>The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) COP16 is drawing to a close in Riyadh. SustainabilityOnline looks at five key takeaways from the event. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cop16" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cop16</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/drought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drought</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/desertification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desertification</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/riyadh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>riyadh</span></a></p><p>Read more: <a href="https://sustainabilityonline.net/?p=7099" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sustainabilityonline.net/?p=70</span><span class="invisible">99</span></a></p>
Thomas Barrio<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Snoro" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Snoro</span></a></span> 🌍 🤔 Succession des COP sur la biodiversité, le climat et la désertification : Bien que les liens entre ces enjeux soient mieux établis, les accords ambitieux se font toujours attendre. La COP16 sur la désertification à Riyad vise à lutter contre la dégradation des sols, mais l’efficacité de ces conférences reste questionnée. Quelles solutions pour un avenir durable ? 🌱 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Climat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biodiversit%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversité</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/D%C3%A9sertification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Désertification</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/COP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Environnement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environnement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SustainableFuture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SustainableFuture</span></a></p>
Larry Neufeld<p>‘Redefining life on Earth’: Three-quarters of the world’s land is permanently drying up <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/desertification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desertification</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/12/10/redefining-life-on-earth-three-quarters-of-the-worlds-land-is-permanently-drying-up?utm_source=Twitter&amp;utm_medium=Social" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">euronews.com/green/2024/12/10/</span><span class="invisible">redefining-life-on-earth-three-quarters-of-the-worlds-land-is-permanently-drying-up?utm_source=Twitter&amp;utm_medium=Social</span></a></p>
News & Opinions<p>Dangerous Climate Change</p><p>“Droughts end. When an area’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> becomes drier, however, the ability to return to previous conditions is lost. The drier climates now affecting vast lands across the globe will not return to how they were, and this change is redefining life on Earth.” Ibrahim Thiaw, executive secretary of the UN convention to combat <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/desertification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desertification</span></a> (UNCCD).</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/09/drylands-now-make-up-40-of-land-on-earth-excluding-antarctica-study-says" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">24/dec/09/drylands-now-make-up-40-of-land-on-earth-excluding-antarctica-study-says</span></a></p>
Julian D 🏳️‍🌈 #FBPE #RejoinEU<p>Drylands now cover 40% of Earth’s land. An area larger than India has permanently turned arid in 30 years. The time to act on climate and water security is slipping away. 🌍 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Desertification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Desertification</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ClimateAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateAction</span></a> <a href="https://buff.ly/3VuXjZI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">buff.ly/3VuXjZI</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Land degradation and desertification </p><p>"Drylands now make up 40% of all land on Earth, excluding Antarctica. Three-quarters of the world’s land suffered drier conditions in the past 30 years, which is likely to be permanent...Unlike droughts – temporary periods of low rainfall – aridity represents a permanent, unrelenting transformation. Droughts end. When an area’s climate becomes drier, however, the ability to return to previous conditions is lost. The drier climates now affecting vast lands across the globe will not return to how they were, and this change is redefining life on Earth.”</p><p>“For the first time, a UN scientific body is warning that burning fossil fuels is causing permanent drying across much of the world, with potentially catastrophic impacts affecting access to water that could push people and nature even closer to disastrous tipping points.”</p><p>“Intensive agriculture is the leading driver of land and soil degradation, fuelling biodiversity loss, carbon sequestration decline, and worsening floods, droughts and wildfires – issues rapidly increasing across the globe.”<br>&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/09/drylands-now-make-up-40-of-land-on-earth-excluding-antarctica-study-says" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">24/dec/09/drylands-now-make-up-40-of-land-on-earth-excluding-antarctica-study-says</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/overextraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>overextraction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/extractivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extractivism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/soil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/degradation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degradation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/desertification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desertification</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/droughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>droughts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/DustBowl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DustBowl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ClimateBreakdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateBreakdown</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/aridity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aridity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a></p>
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