desertification Archives - State of the Planet

Climate & Water in a Changing Africa: Uncertainty, Adaptation & the Social Construction of Fragile Environments

A special issue for the journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences examines water (in)security in Africa in an age of global climate change.

by Harry Verhoeven |September 28, 2021

You Asked: Can the Great Green Wall Stop the Sahara From Expanding?

A climate scientist answers readers’ questions about an initiative that would plant a vast wall of trees to combat the effects of climate change.

by |September 18, 2019