desertification

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And so you get desertification -- creeping, creeping, creeping -- as the last of the trees are cut down.

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  1. noun The transformation of arable or habitable land to desert, as by a change in climate or destructive land use.

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  • And so you get desertification -- creeping, creeping, creeping -- as the last of the trees are cut down. —  Jane Goodall helps humans and animals live together
  • Considering rampant deforestation, global warming, desertification, and water security-time is not on our side. —  Mongabay.com News
  • Considering rampant deforestation, global warming, desertification, and water security -- time is not on our side. —  Water Conserve: Water Conservation RSS Newsfeed
  • The fund will be poured into pasture protection against desertification, afforestation in key areas, protecting drinking water sources, building firedamp and promoting the use of other types of clean energy.
  • But desertification is a phenomenon where the science is not well understood. —  ComingAnarchy.com
 

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