desertification
noun
de·sert·i·fi·ca·tion
di-ˌzər-tə-fə-ˈkā-shən 
: the process of becoming desert (as from land mismanagement or climate change)
Examples of desertification in a Sentence
The organization was awarded for its efforts to prevent further desertification in Africa.
Recent Examples on the Web
But land restoration can reverse the creeping tide of degradation, drought and desertification.
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Philip Lymbery and Leticia Carvalho, TIME, 7 June 2024
The World Bank has estimated that more than 216 million people could be driven from their homes by sea level rise, flooding, desertification and other effects of rising temperatures, according to The Washington Post last week.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2024
The government is set to announce measures to avoid desertification by promoting better management of soil and other natural resources in the region.
—Fabiano Maisonnave, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2024
Slow onset events such as sea level rise and saltwater intrusion, ocean acidification and desertification pose threats to coastal fishing populations and vital agricultural lands.
—Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
There, a dearth of job opportunities and an increase in desertification had led to crop failures and migration away from the semi-arid land.
—Tom Watkins, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Home to hundreds of endemic species and 28 million people, the biome is threatened by desertification in large part by an overpopulation of grazing animals.
—Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Jan. 2024
Climate researchers predict the increasing desertification of the American Southwest.
—Debra J. Rosenthal, The Conversation, 19 Sep. 2023
Authors address consequences such as warming temperatures, ocean acidification, desertification and sea-level rise.
—Debra J. Rosenthal, The Conversation, 19 Sep. 2023
Philip Lymbery and Leticia Carvalho, TIME, 7 June 2024
The World Bank has estimated that more than 216 million people could be driven from their homes by sea level rise, flooding, desertification and other effects of rising temperatures, according to The Washington Post last week.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2024
The government is set to announce measures to avoid desertification by promoting better management of soil and other natural resources in the region.
—Fabiano Maisonnave, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2024
Slow onset events such as sea level rise and saltwater intrusion, ocean acidification and desertification pose threats to coastal fishing populations and vital agricultural lands.
—Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
There, a dearth of job opportunities and an increase in desertification had led to crop failures and migration away from the semi-arid land.
—Tom Watkins, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Home to hundreds of endemic species and 28 million people, the biome is threatened by desertification in large part by an overpopulation of grazing animals.
—Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Jan. 2024
Climate researchers predict the increasing desertification of the American Southwest.
—Debra J. Rosenthal, The Conversation, 19 Sep. 2023
Authors address consequences such as warming temperatures, ocean acidification, desertification and sea-level rise.
—Debra J. Rosenthal, The Conversation, 19 Sep. 2023
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