Desertification

Earth has many deserts that experience soaring temperatures such as those seen in the Sahara Desert, which can reach up to 122°F to frigidly cold ones such as the Arctic Desert, which can dip down to -58°F. Each desert has its own natural ecosystem teeming with life forms that have…

Nothing is more stunning than the way the sun strikes the Sinai desert at dusk. The red hues are etched in my mind from when I traipsed down to Taba from Jerusalem through Eilat with a motley crew of Canadians and fellow Americans. …

[Original title in Portuguese: Restabelecimento da Normalidade Climática] ISBN: 978–65–00–33020–5 Presentation The work begins by presenting the real and main causes of global warming, aiming for the solution. Each of these major causes has been overlooked, or not perceived by contemporary man. Not seeing each of the real causes of…

Deforestation has become the new fight of our lives as we face this rapidly changing environment. It is estimated that between 3.5–7 billion trees are cut down each year around the world and if the same rate continues, we could lose all known rainforests within 100 years. The Amazon rainforest…

Getting up close and personal with a hot and richly fermenting cowpat in Idaho, USA may not be everyone’s idea of a good time. As a visitor activity it is unlikely to compete with the country’s most famous attractions — like Times Square or Disneyland. But after my visit to drought-stricken California, that cowpat on the natural pasture of a non-intensive cattle ranch, alive with a riot of different grasses, herbs and wildflowers, was…

The state and advancement of drought and desertification on the Earth are detectable even from space. We have been progressively turning our Planet not only into arid and degraded lands, but also into carbon sources, Especially during the extreme drought events primarily seen on five continents. This degradation of the…