Global review finds desertification model booming but rarely validated
The first systematic review of the MEDALUS desertification model finds explosive growth in its use since 2013, but only 6 ...
Tag: Land degradation
Soil Bunds Boost Farm Income in Ethiopia’s Upper Blue Nile Basin, Study Finds
An econometric study of 385 Ethiopian households and 733 plots finds that adopting soil and stone bunds significantly raises net ...
Satellite data reveal resilience loss across global ecoregions
A global satellite analysis identified weakening resilience and vegetation reorganization in 27% of terrestrial ecoregions, but the findings are statistical ...
Rising Aridity Could Expand Salty Soils Across Global Drylands by 2100
A new Nature Communications study projects an 8 percent expansion of saline soils in global drylands by 2100, with wheat ...
Kenyan Smallholders Reveal Seven Distinct States on the Regenerative Agriculture Continuum
A mixed-methods study of 949 farmers in Makueni and Kirinyaga counties shows that regenerative agriculture engagement is far more heterogeneous ...
Satellites Reveal How Gold Mining Scarred Guinea’s Kintinian Landscape Over 26 Years
A multi-temporal remote sensing study quantifies how gold mining transformed land cover, vegetation health, and soil vulnerability in Kintinian, Guinea, ...
Droughts, Floods and the Hidden Trauma Reshaping Kenya’s Rift Valley
A new Perspective argues that recurrent droughts and floods in Kenya's Rift Valley have created a self-reinforcing feedback loop in ...
The Critical Zone: Why the Thin Skin of Earth Beneath Our Feet Deserves Center Stage
Geologist Paul Doss argues that Earth's critical zone, the thin layer of soil, groundwater, bedrock, and vegetation supporting nearly all ...
Which Soil Bunds Actually Pay Off? Economics of Land Restoration in Ethiopia’s Blue Nile Highlands
A new cost-benefit analysis of 385 households and 726 plots in Ethiopia's Upper Blue Nile Basin shows that the profitability ...
A Vast Steppe Crosses a Climate Tipping Point Into Heat and Drought
New research in Nature Geoscience shows that the Western Eurasian Steppe has undergone an abrupt, human-influenced regime shift toward hotter ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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