Aridification

Aridification is the process of a region becoming increasingly dry. It refers to long term change rather than seasonal variation.

It is often measured as the reduction of average soil moisture content. It can be caused by natural or anthropogenic means such as climate change, reduced precipitation, increased evaporation, lowering of water tables or changes in ground cover. Its major consequences include reduced agricultural production, soil degradation, ecosystem changes and decreased water catchment runoff.^[1]

Deforestation and desertification

Deforestation	Assarting Deforestation Deforestation and climate change Deforestation by region Deforestation during the Roman period Illegal logging Mountaintop removal Slash-and-burn Slash-and-char

Desertification	Aridification Desertification Moisture recycling Soil retrogression and degradation Water scarcity

Mitigation	Afforestation Arid Lands Information Network Biochar Conservation grazing Desert greening Ecoforestry Ecological engineering Farmer-managed regeneration Flexible Mechanisms Great Green Wall (Africa) Managed intensive rotational grazing Oasification Reforestation Three-North Shelter Forest (China)

Related articles	Allan Savory Biodiversity Economic impact analysis Environmental philosophy Extinction Intact forest landscape International Year of Forests Land surface effects on climate Land use, land-use change and forestry Natural landscape Neolithic Richard St. Barbe Baker Satoyama Terraforming Terra preta Wilderness World Forestry Congress

References

↑ GLASOD Classification of soil degradation

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GLASOD Classification of soil degradation

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Aridification

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