More than 75 percent of the globe became permanently ... became drier from 1990 to 2020, more than it did over the preceding three decades. During this period, the parts of the Earth classified ...

Indeed it is. According to the UNCCD, the transformation over the three studied decades is leading to loss of GDP, forced migration, increased mortality due to dust storms, worsening of wildfires, ...

More than three-quarters of land on Earth became permanently drier in the last ... A total of 77.6% of land on the planet experienced drier climates from 1990 to 2020 compared to the previous ...

More than 75 percent of the globe became permanently drier over ... 77.6 percent of the globe became drier from 1990 to 2020, more than it did over the preceding three decades. During this period, the ...

But parts of Earth ... to a permanent state of increased dryness on 77.6% of the Earth’s land masses, a steady desiccation that has been playing out over the 30-year period from 1990 to 2020.