Desertifying deserts

Jaime Martínez-Valderrama (), Emilio Guirado and Fernando T. Maestre
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Jaime Martínez-Valderrama: Universidad de Alicante
Emilio Guirado: Universidad de Alicante
Fernando T. Maestre: Universidad de Alicante

Nature Sustainability, 2020, vol. 3, issue 8, 572-575

Abstract: The current definition of desertification excludes hyper-arid zones given their lack of economic activity. However, the 101 million people living there, ongoing land degradation associated with the use of groundwater for intensive agriculture and climate-change-induced aridity call for a revision of this definition.

Date: 2020
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