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South winds blowing on the eastern edge of a disturbance on Morocco drag dust raised in the Sahel to the Iberian Peninsula
Land Degradation and Development (articles just published)
Modeling variations in soil salinity in the oasis of Junggar Basin, China Ligang Ma, Shengtian Yang, Zibibula Simayi, Qing Gu, Jiadan Li, Xiaodong Yang and Jianli Ding Version of Record online: 15 FEB 2018 | DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2890 Carbon Balance as Affected by Biosolid Application in Reforestations…
Training Workshop on Sand and Dust Storms in the Arab Region. Presentations
League of Arab States, World Meteorological Organization, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia and UN Environment organized the Regional Training Workshop on Sand and Dust Storms in the Arab Region in Cairo, Egypt from 10 to 12 February 2018. The workshop was hosted by the…
A clarion call for aeolian research to engage with global land degradation and climate change
This editorial represents a clarion call for the aeolian research community to provide increased scientific input to theIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and an in-vitation to apply for ISAR funding to organize a…
Potential climate effect of mineral aerosols over West Africa: Part II—contribution of dust and land cover to future climate change
Mineral dust aerosols are an essential component of climate over West Africa, however, little work has been performed to investigate their contributions to potential climate change. A set of regional climate model experiments with and without mineral dust processes and land cover changes is…
The economic impact of reducing food waste in Germany, Poland and Spain
A new study has quantified the economic impact of reducing avoidable food waste in Germany, Poland and Spain. The researchers modelled impacts on production, GDP and employment. The results show that reducing food waste from households has the greatest impact, although policy measures should be…
Renewables 2018 Global Status Report
Transformation is picking up speed in the power sector, but urgent action is required in heating, cooling and transport This year's Renewables 2018 Global Status Report GSR reveals two realities: one in which a revolution in the power sector is driving rapid change towards a renewable energy future…
Powerful New Policy Options to Scale Up Renewables in New IRENA, IEA, REN21 Report
A new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the International Energy Agency (IEA), and the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewable Energy Policies in a Time of Transition, is an unprecedented collaboration that sheds new light on the policy…
Dust Disregards Political Boundaries, Let's Act Together
In March this year, an unusual sand and dust storm nicknamed 'Mars on Earth or Orange Snow[1]' transported and deposited dust that transformed European landscapes into a surreal orange-tinted scenery. An even more drastic dust storm swept over India recently and left behind a trail of casualties.[2]…
UN agencies team up to combat sand & dust storms
The Senior Officials of the UN have agreed at EMG SOM 24 in the margins of UNGA to form a Coalition to Combat Sand and Dust Storms. Major tasks of this coalition will include raising awareness, convening stakeholders and raising the proper amount of funds to help combat this phenomenon. A few other…
Gender, land and more. The gender factor in achieving LDN (compilation of references). Did you find the information you need?
The UNCCD library holds a specialized collection of monographs and series, reports, grey literature in fields of desertification, land degradation and drought, and its cross-cutting subjects such as development, economics, environment, land, soils, agriculture, energy, water, climate change…
Cognition impact of sand and dust storms highlights future research needs?
Authors have written a convincing paper establishing the association between prenatal timing and exposure to sand and dust storms and children's cognitive functioning in China. This research is undoubtedly important, given that an estimated 150 parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat…
New article open access: Wind erosion and dust from US drylands: a review of causes, consequences, and solutions in a changing world
Erosion by wind is one of the principal processes associated with land degradation in drylands and is a significant concern to land managers and policymakers globally. In the drylands of North America, millions of tons of soil are lost to wind erosion annually. Of the 60 million ha in the United…
Desert dust cools vulnerable Red Sea corals
Desert dust whipped up by strong winds and volcanic aerosols alter the climate as the world warms
Converting just 1% of land to renewable energy production can provide EU's electricity consumption
A new JRC dataset shows where in the EU there is a lot of potential to produce large quantities of energy from renewables.If renewable energy was the primary energy source in the EU, what would that look like? Would PV panels and wind turbines cover every square meter of land?No, say the authors of…
Dust and sand storms in East Asia (Editorial open access article, Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, January 2013, Volume 49, Issue 1)
Dust and sand storms(DSS) occurrences often have an adverse impact on organisms' life styles and their environment, not only in the source region but also in the downwind regions.
Special Issue "Remote Sensing of Land Degradation in Drylands" (Remote Sensing –open access journal)
The papers present original research on land (soil and vegetation) degradation and desertification in drylands (and related subjects) using spectroscopy and remote sensing tools and techniques.