Drylands cover approximately 50% of the land surface in China, among which semi-arid regions are the main dryland type. However, these semi-arid regions have undergone continuous expansion and a ...

Semi-arid ecosystems are key contributors to the global carbon cycle and may even dominate the inter-annual variability (IAV) and trends of the land carbon sink, driven largely by the El Niño–Southern ...

* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. How do you support the most vulnerable in semi-arid regions? Around a billion people, ...

Strategies deployed for the restoration of degraded land have had promising results in Brazil's semi-arid region, improving the microbial properties of the soil and contributing to a return of native ...

The interaction between temperature and precipitation greatly affects plant phenology. However, these effects can vary between additive, antagonistic, and synergistic, and it is not clear what ...

Each year, terrestrial ecosystems take up a significant fraction of anthropogenic CO2 emissions, thereby slowing the increase in greenhouse gases and global warming. In periods of higher precipitation ...

Climate change predictions for the Middle East, like other arid regions of the world, are alarming. But in testing these dire predictions, ecologists found that, contrary to expectations, no ...

The semi-arid area in the country has expanded by 10% in the recent decades and the newly formed semi-arid region in the northern India is 4% of the total land of the country. Photo for representative ...

In semi-arid areas, climate information that is tailored to farmers’ needs can reduce their vulnerability to climate change. Lucia Scodanibbio Rising temperatures and more extreme, unpredictable ...

Can I grow fruits in arid or semi-arid environments? This was a question from a regular reader. The answer is yes. In fact, there are a number of fruits that are perfectly apt for desert like ...

More than 75% of Karnataka’s area is categorised as a dry zone, comprising semi-arid and arid regions, based on the average annual rainfall it receives. Bengaluru: More than 75% of Karnataka’s area is ...