Drivers and impacts of changes in China's drylands

C Li, B Fu, S Wang, LC Stringer, Y Wang, Z Li… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
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 …

Root plasticity under abiotic stress

R Karlova, D Boer, S Hayes, C Testerink - Plant Physiology, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abiotic stresses increasingly threaten existing ecological and agricultural systems across the
globe. Plant roots perceive these stresses in the soil and adapt their architecture …

Sustainable development goals (SDGs) as a framework for corporate social responsibility (CSR)

N Fallah Shayan, N Mohabbati-Kalejahi, S Alavi… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has been an articulated practice for over 7 decades.
Still, most corporations lack an integrated framework to develop a strategic, balanced, and …

[HTML][HTML] Anthropogenic climate change has driven over 5 million km2 of drylands towards desertification

AL Burrell, JP Evans, MG De Kauwe - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Drylands cover 41% of the earth's land surface and include 45% of the world's agricultural
land. These regions are among the most vulnerable ecosystems to anthropogenic climate …

Exploring the multiple land degradation pathways across the planet

R Prăvălie - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Effectiveness and driving mechanism of ecological restoration efforts in China from 2009 to 2019

Y Zhang, X Zhao, J Gong, F Luo, Y Pan - Science of the Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Over the past decades, China's rapid economic growth and industrialization have led to
serious ecological concerns. To combat ecological degradation and promote ecosystem …

The ecological and evolutionary consequences of tropicalisation

KM Zarzyczny, M Rius, ST Williams… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2024 - cell.com
Tropicalisation is a marine phenomenon arising from contemporary climate change, and is
characterised by the range expansion of tropical/subtropical species and the retraction of …

[HTML][HTML] How will the progressive global increase of arid areas affect population and land-use in the 21st century?

J Spinoni, P Barbosa, M Cherlet, G Forzieri… - Global and Planetary …, 2021 - Elsevier
One of the possible consequences of projected global warming is the progressive
enlargement of drylands. This study investigates to what extent population and land-use …

Potential of microalgae and cyanobacteria to improve soil health and agricultural productivity: a critical view

B Ramakrishnan, NR Maddela… - Environmental …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Microalgae are a source of scientific curiosity and inspiration for their utilization as
'inoculants' in agriculture and the commercial production of high-value products. Their …

Facing climate change: application of microbial biostimulants to mitigate stress in horticultural crops

D Sangiorgio, A Cellini, I Donati, C Pastore, C Onofrietti… - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
In the current scenario of rapidly evolving climate change, crop plants are more frequently
subjected to stresses of both abiotic and biotic origin, including exposure to unpredictable …