East Africa must prepare for more extreme rainfall during the short rainy season — new study

In the long term it is crucial to ensure that any new infrastructure is robust to withstand more frequent and heavier rains

Wet regions may behave like drylands: Study blames heatwaves, droughts

Europe, US might see desert-like changes due to current heatwaves, authors suggest

Desertification in India: Canal, tubewells make saline Jaisalmer green

Increasing agricultural activity reversed soil erosion in the district

Aardvarks are crucial for sub-Saharan Africa’s ecosystem — but climate change is impacting their chances of survival

Study examines 104 faecal samples of the burrowing nocturnal mammals to see impact of aridification 

90 years of desertification

More than 75 per cent of Earth's land area is already degraded and some 418 million hectares, or half of the size of the European Union, is …

Meet the Telangana Dalit women working to preserve millet biodiversity for 30 years

While the money these women make might not be as much as cash crops like sugarcane or wheat, they have managed to end hunger and ensure food …

Farmers in this Nepal district struggle to cope with crop raiding by wild animals

Almost all farmers in Aiddhungra, Budechaur and Bagargot villages have abandoned maize and millet farming due to increasing incursions by wild animals

Some 85% districts in India now face arid conditions

At least 196 districts are in the grip of a ‘severe’ degree of dryness and 65 of these are in Uttar Pradesh

African dryland trees store less carbon than believed earlier, finds study

Study by team including NASA scientists estimates carbon stocks of trees in semi-arid sub-Saharan Africa; calculates 840 million …

Community-managed pond offers sustainable solutions to arid Barmer village

Rajasthan is prone to water insecurity during heat waves and heavy rainfall, where ponds and lakes dry up and groundwater gets over-exploited

Arid Americas: Are Pantanal, Colorado in a ‘post-drought’ stage

The Pantanal wetland in South America and the Colorado river basin in North America have experienced extreme drought in the last few years, which …

Poor August rainfall makes way for arid conditions in India

As many as 638 out of 733 districts experienced ‘mild’ to ‘severe’ arid conditions in the country 

Desertification in India: Ananthapuramu in Andhra is so sandy it draws filmmakers to shoot

Dwindling rainfall, dependence on borewell for water-guzzling horticulture increase soil aridity