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• Geometric Earthworks Succeed Where High-Tech Biology Failed to Halt Sahara Desert Expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa

  Published: Apr 28, 2026

  Section: Environment

  Ambitious attempts to combat desertification using refrigerated bee hives and mass tree plantings have largely failed due to extreme surface temperatures exceeding 70°C. In their p...

• Mongolia to Host UNCCD COP17 as Landmark Study Questions Herd Size Focus for Steppe Restoration

  Published: Apr 25, 2026

  Section: Environment

  As Mongolia prepares to host the 17th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (COP17) in August 2026, new research indicates that climate change, r...

• New Theoretical Model Challenges Conventional Wisdom on Vegetation Patterns as Indicators of Ecosystem Health

  Published: Apr 1, 2026

  Section: Science & Tech

  Researchers at the Center for Advanced Systems Understanding (CASUS) have developed a mathematical framework revealing that patterned vegetation in drylands—once thought to delay d...

• New Research Positions Biochar as a Scalable Solution for Restoring Arid Soils and Sequestering Carbon

  Published: Mar 28, 2026

  Section: Research

  A comprehensive review published in the journal Biochar identifies agricultural waste-derived carbon as a critical tool for reversing desertification in vulnerable drylands. The st...

• Federal Government and World Bank Launch Strategic $700 Million Blueprint to Restore Nigeria’s Shrinking Water Bodies

  Published: Mar 10, 2026

  Section: Africa

  The Nigerian government, supported by a $700 million World Bank credit, has unveiled nine Strategic Catchment Management Plans to combat desertification and water scarcity across 1...

• Global Grasslands Face 50 Percent Contraction by 2100 as Aridity and Climate Shifts Accelerate

  Published: Feb 26, 2026

  Section: Environment

  A comprehensive study warns that nearly half of the world's grasslands could vanish by the end of the century due to escalating temperature rises and shifting precipitation pattern...