Definition of desertification
: the process of becoming desert (as from land mismanagement or climate change)
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Examples of desertification in a Sentence
The organization was awarded for its efforts to prevent further desertification in Africa.
Recent Examples of desertification from the Web
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The congressional mandate requires the Defense Department to examine each threatened military installation for the effects of rising sea tides, increased flooding, drought, desertification, wildfires and thawing permafrost over the coming 20 years.
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But the dramatic increase in the herd has brought problems of over-grazing exacerbated by desertification, as witnessed by Samdan's daughter Altantsetseg Jugdur.
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And then since one of the issues has to do with migration these days, a lot of the people who are coming out of Africa are coming out because of climate change and desertification.
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Trump signed into law last month a surprisingly strong allocation of $139.5 million for the Global Environment Facility, which supports programs to alleviate a host of environmental ills, including climate change, biodiversity and desertification.
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The logging also adds to desertification, which, in turn, causes conflict across the Sahel, an arid belt below the Sahara.
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And this does not even touch on the secondary effects: desertification, habitat loss and extinctions, resource depletion, pollution, population migrations, and political fallout such as wars and anarchy.
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The difference, Thomas says, is that unlike a hoarder’s pile, ecosystems perform vital planetary functions, like keeping soil fertile, preventing desertification and absorbing carbon dioxide.
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But that struggle is being exacerbated by frequent droughts and advancing desertification in Nigeria’s arid north.
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First Known Use of desertification
1972
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DESERTIFICATION Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of desertification for English Language Learners
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: the process by which an area becomes a desert
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