desertification

Example Sentences

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For Juli Pausas, a specialist in fire ecology who researches desertification for the Spanish National Research Council, this was all sadly predictable.

From Seattle Times

The north has been hit by drought, deforestation and, crucially, along the Sahel region, desertification.

From Washington Post

To address the problem of desertification, for example, it might be better first to give up on a romanticized, imagined past.

From New York Times

Increased desertification disrupts pastoral grazing routes and forces farmers to draw deeper into underground aquifers for water resources.

From BBC

Since 2011 the government has also been working to reverse the ocean desertification caused by climate change.

From Reuters