Abstract China has 6.6 million km2 of drylands that support approximately 580 million
people. These drylands are at risk of desertification. In this Review, the changes observed in …

Land degradation has become one of the biggest environmental challenges human society
is currently facing, which is why understanding the global pattern of this land crisis is …

Aridity, which is increasing worldwide because of climate change, affects the structure and
functioning of dryland ecosystems. Whether aridification leads to gradual (versus abrupt) …

While agricultural systems are a major pillar in global food security, their productivity is
currently threatened by many environmental issues triggered by anthropogenic climate …

This study investigates how structural changes and economic activities impact on the
environment in Japan. Instead of using traditional economic and environmental factors, the …

Drylands, a critical terrestrial system of the Earth due to low water availability, are known for
their extensive global reach, estimated by most scientific sources at approximately 41% of …

In spite of the constraint for better environmental defense and the realization of the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), natural gas, coal, and oil consumption holds to …

Dust storms originate in many of the world's drylands and frequently present hazards to
human society, both within the drylands themselves but also outside drylands due to long …

As a sensitive region, identifying land cover change in drylands is critical to understanding
global environmental change. However, the current findings related to land cover change in …

Global climate change varies greatly in different regions, so it is necessary to
comprehensively analyze climate change in different regions through different indicators …