"Some 77.6 percent of Earth's land experienced drier conditions during the three decades leading up to 2020 compared to the previous 30-year period," the report said. It indicates an "existential ...
Just over 75 percent of the world's land has been left "permanently drier" over the previous three decades, a UN-backed report has found. The data coincides with Cop16 talks on desertification held in ...
Dry land now covers around 40 percent of the Earth's land mass, excluding Antarctica, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) study found, cautioning the shift could affect ...
Five billion people could be affected by 2100 as Earth’s drylands increase with rising aridity, mostly driven by human-caused climate change More than 75 per cent of Earth’s land has become ...
Dry land now covers 40.6% of the Earth’s land mass compared to 37.5% 30 years ago A view of the Al Ghat National Park in Saudi Arabia on November 28, 2024. The Al Ghat National Park, managed by ...
Just over 75 percent of the world's land has been left "permanently drier" over the previous three decades, a UN-backed report coinciding with COP16 talks on desertification in Saudi Arabia said on ...
Professor Mark Maslin (UCL Geography) warned: “This is the land we rely on to produce food. [This] is not only a warning but a call to politicians that there are solutions”. Drylands now make up 40% ...
71-year-old tracks his progress against some 700,000 virtual participants in Vendee Globe Frenchman Bernard Poitau poses on his boat "Anticylone ... yacht race on dry land, raising money for ...
The Frenchman is taking part in a famed round-the-world yacht race on dry land, raising money for charity ... who spends 22 hours a day on his wooden boat, said he hopes his adventure will bring ...