Climate change drives the process of desertification
Is it true that climate change drives the process of desertification?
Yes. Evidence strongly supports the claim that climate change is a major driver of desertification, acting alongside human pressures to alter temperature, precipitation, and wind patterns that expand arid and degraded lands.
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Multiple peer-reviewed studies examining drylands and arid regions globally confirm that climatic factors (such as warming temperatures, altered precipitation, and changing wind regimes) directly drive or exacerbate desertification and land degradation, frequently interacting with human activities.
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Guo, Q., Fu, B., Shi, P., Cudahy, T., Zhang, J., & Xu, H. (2017). Satellite Monitoring the Spatial-Temporal Dynamics of Desertification in Response to Climate Change and Human Activities across the Ordos Plateau, China. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9060525
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Hissan, R. u., Shafiq, H., Nassani, A., Parveen, N., Hussain, B., & Radulescu, M. (2024). Assessment of spatio-temporal dynamics of land degradation and desertification in Pakistan and its impact on agriculture productivity. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-024-05224-x
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Zhou, Y., Hasi, E., Wang, Z., Qing, D., Han, X., Yin, J., & Wu, Z. (2022). Dynamics of blowouts indicating the process of grassland desertification. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.4362
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J, Z., N, A., & H, S. (2025). Comparative impacts of climate change and human activities on spatiotemporal changes of bare land in the Turpan-Hami Basin (1985-2020).. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-11588-5
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Yue, Y. & Li, M. (2020). Is the impact of climate change on desertification predictable?. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-6141
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Alkali, F. M. (2025). Climate change, resource conflict in Nigeria, and the immigration problem for the rest of the world. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.59568/kiulj-2025-7-1-12
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M, F., K, J., S, J., A, P., H, A., K, D., & M, B. (2026). Modeling of fractional order DPG model insight global warming and pollution effect on desertification for control mechanism.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-47606-3
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Multiple peer-reviewed studies examining drylands and arid regions globally confirm that climatic factors (such as warming temperatures, altered precipitation, and changing wind regimes) directly drive or exacerbate desertification and land degradation, frequently interacting with human activities.
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