Analysis of full length transcriptome and resistance characteristics of Atraphaxis bracteata under drought by Cai He, Wei Liu, Min Jin, Yi Li, Yuan Wu, Lishan Shan, Peifang Chong, Meiying Wei, Fang Hu, Yuan Liu, Chaoqun Li, Qinde Zhang

“…Atraphaxis bracteata is a common desert plant mainly utilized in afforestation and desertification control. This study analyzed the morphological, physiological and molecular regulatory characteristics of different organs of A. bracteata under drought stress. …”
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Evaluation of windproof and sand fixation effect of protective system in the Desert oasis ecotone of Mingsha Mountain Dunhuang by Kecun Zhang, Hongxue Zhang, Zhishan An, Chengjie Xue

“…Abstract The Desert oasis ecotone (DOE) protects the oasis from wind and sand intrusion, thereby playing a crucial role in controlling desertification. However, there is limited knowledge about how DOE functions in windproof and sand-fixation. …”
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Effects of Different Tillage Measures Combined with Straw Returning on Soil Enzyme Activity and Microbial Community Structure and Diversity by Sa Xiao, Bing Li, Tingting Zhang, Jianzhu Luo, Jie Wang, Xiangqian Zhang, Juan Li, Dejian Zhang

“…Aiming at the problems of serious soil desertification, increased soil and water loss, and reduced soil-available nutrients in the agro-pastoral ecotone in Northeast Inner Mongolia, this study took corn variety A6565 as the planting crop and analyzed seven different tillage measures, deep tillage, deep loosening, shallow tillage, rotary tillage, heavy harrow, no-tillage, and control, combined with straw returning at an experimental field in Arong Banner. …”
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A Fractional-Order Model of Biopolyester Containing Naturally Occurring Compounds for Soil Stabilization by Nadka Tzankova Dintcheva, Marilena Baiamonte, Rosalia Teresi, Gioacchino Alotta, Emanuela Bologna, Massimiliano Zingales

“…Currently, the use of polymers and biopolymers as soil-stabilizer additives for control of the soil degradation, deterioration, and desertification and for improving the arid and semiarid soils has been expanded significantly in the agricultural sector. …”
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Analysis and detection of temperature inductions of land cover changes in Lorestan province using MODIS sensor products by hamed heidari, darush yarahmadi, hamid mirhashemi

“…These extensive and cumulative changes in land cover and land use have manifested themselves in the form of anomalies such as the formation of severe runoff, soil erosion, the spread of desertification, and salinization of the soil. The main purpose of this study is to reveal the temperature inductions of the land cover structure of Lorestan province and to analyze the effect of land use changes on the temperature structure of the province. …”
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Modelling current and future forest fire susceptibility in north-eastern Germany by K. H. Horn, K. H. Horn, S. Vulova, S. Vulova, H. Li, B. Kleinschmit

“…Forest fires alter forest structure and composition; threaten people's livelihoods; and lead to economic losses, as well as soil erosion and desertification. Climate change and related drought events, paired with anthropogenic activities, have magnified the intensity and frequency of forest fires. …”
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A Novel Approach for Monitoring the Ecoenvironment of Alpine Wetlands using Big Geospatial Data and Cloud Computing by Haijun Wang, Xiangdong Kong, Ji Luo, Pengju Li, Tianhui Xie, Xiaobo Yi, Fang Wang, Jie Xiao

“…Being naturally driven coupled with unreasonable human development activities, alpine wetlands have experienced serious ecological and environmental issues such as drought, inversion, and desertification. However, due to the limitations of data sources and calculation models, it is impossible for us to deeply understand the change mechanism and spatial difference of the ecological environment of the alpine wetland (EEAW) in previous studies. …”
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Preferential flow in soils is key to the development of nebkhas in water limited regions by Weicheng Luo, Wenzhi Zhao, Ning An, Chengpeng Sun, Hong Zhou

“…Nebkhas, a typical landscape form in arid and semiarid environments, play important roles in desertification control and biodiversity protection. However, water use strategies and infiltration characteristics of nebkhas change with their development stages in regions with low precipitation and deep groundwater, and those changes are not well known. …”
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Computer simulation of the soil water regime under an apple orchard in a mountainous area (using the example of the leached chernozem of the experimental agricultural station Gorno... by Svetlana V. Baboshkina, Olga A. Elchininova, Alexander V. Puzanov, Tamara A. Rozhdestvenskaya

“…Progressive degradation of farmland soils – erosion, salinization, desertification. Aim. To establish features of water-physical properties of leached chernozem under an apple orchard and associated patterns of soil profile moisture distribution in summer period when precipitation deficiency observed. …”
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A scoping review on the association between early childhood caries and life on land: The Sustainable Development Goal 15. by Morẹ Nikẹ Oluwátóyìn Foláyana, Robert J Schroth, Duangporn Duangthip, Ola B Al-Batayneh, Jorma I Virtanen, Ivy Guofang Sun, Arheiam Arheiam, Carlos A Feldens, Maha El Tantawi

“…<h4>Background</h4>The Sustainable Development Goal 15 (SDG15) deals with protecting, restoring, and promoting the sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably managing forests, halting and reversing land degradation, combating desertification and halting biodiversity loss. The purpose of this scoping review was to map the current evidence on the association between SDG 15 and Early Childhood Caries (ECC).…”
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Construction of the ecological security pattern of Mu Us sandy land on the basis of the “Source − Resistance − Corridor” theory by Jiamin Li, Li’e Liang, Yan Chao, Xiaohan Wang, Mingming Qiu, Pingping Luo, Yonghua Zhu

“…Our findings are not only significant for optimizing the spatial layout of the MUS and maintaining regional ecological security but also provide a model and ideas for the construction of ESPs and environmental protection systems in similar desertification areas.…”
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The Analysis on the Current Situation of the Utilization Mode of Microalgal Biomass Materials by Lina Zhang, Lianfeng Wang, Huizhong Nie, Changbin Liu

“…This will have a serious impact on the environment and human body, such as land desertification, increase in ocean acidity, sea level rise, and increase in pests and diseases; affect people’s normal work and rest; and make people feel dizzy and nauseated. …”
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Chitosan reduces naturally occurring plant pathogenic fungi and increases nematophagous fungus Purpureocillium in soil under field conditions by Raquel Lopez-Nuñez, Jorge Prieto-Rubio, Jorge Prieto-Rubio, Inmaculada Bautista, Antonio L. Lidón-Cerezuela, Miguel Valverde-Urrea, Federico Lopez-Moya, Luis V. Lopez-Llorca

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Diversity of lithophytic moss species in karst regions in response to elevation gradients. by Yalin Jin, Xiurong Wang

“…The findings can enrich the theory of the distribution pattern of lithophytic moss species diversity at distinct elevation gradients in karst regions, and serve a scientific and reasonable reference for restoring rocky desertification and protecting biodiversity there.…”
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A szélsőséges időjárási jelenségek hatásai (Effects of the Extreme Weather Events) by Tamás Molnár, Katalin M. Barna

“…The 4th Water Report published by UNESCO is dealing with the one of the biggest problems which draws attention to hazards which are related water quality, groundwater, desertification, land degradation and drought (UNESCO, 2013). …”
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A Synoptic- and Remote Sensing-based Analysis of a Severe Dust Storm Event over Central Asia by Parya Broomandi, Kaveh Mohammadpour, Dimitris G. Kaskaoutis, Aram Fathian, Sabur F. Abdullaev, Vladimir A. Maslov, Amirhossein Nikfal, Ali Jahanbakhshi, Bakhyt Aubakirova, Jong Ryeol Kim, Alfrendo Satyanaga, Alireza Rashki, Nick Middleton

“…The extremely high PM concentrations (PM10 > 10,000 µg m−3 in Tashkent) could endanger both human health and the environment, especially in a region suffering from high susceptibility to wind erosion and significant land degradation and desertification. Effective and immediate stabilising measures to control wind erosion in vulnerable areas of Central Asia are warranted.…”
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Forecasting CO2 emissions in the Persian Gulf States by F.A. Olabemiwo, G.I. Danmaliki, T.A. Oyehan, B.S. Tawabini

“…CO2 accounts for 58.8 percent of all greenhouse gases released via human activities, consequently, presenting a malign impact on the environment through climate change, global warming, biodiversity, acid rain and desertification among others. Due to its importance, the data on CO2 emission obtained from US EIA from 1980 – 2010 was regressed using least square techniques and projections were made to the year 2050. …”
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Vegetation runoff and sediment reduction benefits and influential factor in the Loess Plateau of China: A meta-analysis by Mengrou Jia, Cong Han, Jianzhi Niu, Miao Wang, Linus Zhang, Ronny Berndtsson

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Identifying Optimal Variables to Predict Soil Organic Carbon in Sandy, Saline, and Black Soil Regions: Remote Sensing, Terrain, or Climate Factors? by Liping Wang, Huanjun Liu, Xiang Wang, Xiaofeng Xu, Liyuan He, Chong Luo, Yong Li, Xinle Zhang, Deqiang Zang, Shufeng Zheng, Xiaodan Mei

“…Our results indicated that (1) climate factors, particularly mean annual precipitation and mean annual temperature, were the most effective predictors in SOC mapping across sandy, saline, and black soil regions, as indicated by their significant contribution to RF model performance (R² > 0.63); (2) followed by climate factors, the Transformed Vegetation Index (TVI) was consistently identified as the most influential variable for SOC prediction among spectral indexes in all three regions; (3) a local regression method based on RF models showed good performance compared to a global model; (4) desertification and salinization were the main reasons for the spatial differences in AH and DM&LD, respectively. …”
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Wind and rainfall erosion energy in large sediment generating and coarse sediment class areas of the middle Yellow river by Tao Yang, Jianzhi Niu, Dengxing Fan, Di Wang, Yubo Miao, Miao Wang, Chunguang Zhao, Linus Zhang, Xiongwen Chen, Ronny Berndtsson

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