Small mats of human hair line the base of plants, helping lock in moisture for crops in orchards around Chile that have been ...

A mass extinction event wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long puzzled scientists: The planet became lethally ...

A sudden salinity spike in the Southern Ocean is accelerating Antarctic ice loss and triggering a dangerous climate feedback ...

The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace. Since 2015 ...

The International Day of the Tropics, observed on June 29 annually, focuses on the significance of the tropics as hubs of the ...

Feeding the world sustainably in dry regions is tough. Researchers developed a smart new system using data and mapping to ...

One-third of the Earth's land surface is already degraded. The UN estimates that more than 2.6 billion people are harmed by land degradation, with countries losing up to US$10.6 trillion (£7.8 ...

Climate change is likely to lead to increase in rainfall in the coming years, which, in turn, is likely to cause the degradation of soil on croplands. Salinity-affected areas in the country are ...

Previous UNCCD reports found that halting the planet’s rate of land degradation, which they suggest could lose the global economy $23 trillion by 2050, would cost roughly $4.6 trillion.

Rapid expansion of the world’s drylands is “100% interconnected” with the coinciding surge in saltier soils, said Maria Konyushkova, a soil scientist at the Food and Agriculture Organization ...

CANBERRA, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- A group of Australian and international scientists have called for urgent action on soil degradation which is threatening food security, farmer's livelihoods and the ...