LibGuides: 7th Grade Environment/ Human Impacts: Desertification

Desertification

Desertification Impacts

Desertification is land degradation in typically dry areas resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human activities.

Articles

Deserts, explained: https://newsela.com/read/lib-desert-facts-explained
Desertification, explained (National Geographic): https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/desertification
Soil Erosion in Africa: https://newsela.com/read/lib-soil-erosion-in-africa/id/54435/
Climate Basics for Kids from Center for Climate and Energy Solutions: https://www.c2es.org
Desertification: The people whose land is turning to dust: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-34790661
Life on the Desert: The Bedouins: https://newsela.com/read/lib-ushistory-bedouin-muslim-africa/id/33263/
A Scientist Dreams Up A Plan To Stop The Sahara From Expanding: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/09/09/645539064/so-maybe-stopping-the-sahara-from-expanding-isn-t-an-impossible-dream
In Iraq's famed marshlands, climate change is upending a way of life: https://www.npr.org/2021/11/07/1051468823/iraq-marshes-climate-change-cop26
Buried Alive In Mongolia's Worst Sandstorms In A Decad: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/05/30/1000530563/buried-alive-in-mongolias-worst-sandstorms-in-a-decade
Why It's Now A Crime To Let Cattle Graze Freely In 2 Nigerian State: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/12/12/569913821/why-its-now-a-crime-to-let-cattle-graze-freely-in-2-nigerian-states
How Can Deserts Turn Into Grasslands?: https://www.npr.org/2013/11/15/243721657/how-can-deserts-turn-into-grasslands

Video

Desertification: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9RxnuBiFbg
How China Turned the Desert into Green Forests: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTpaJn22w4I
The Great Green Wall of Africa: Will it help fight climate change? (BBC Newsnight): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVOYN70scS8
The Great Green Wall: https://www.greatgreenwall.org/about-great-green-wall
How can we stop desertification?: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csz2yj
Desertification: Why We Should Care More: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p033jz66

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