desertification

n.

沙漠化；沙化；

1. Overgrazing is the major cause of desertification worldwide.
   过度放牧是全球荒漠化的主要的原因。
2. The sandstorms is caused by desertification.
   沙尘暴是沙漠化造成的。
3. Turning cultivated land back into forests and pasture is a fundamental way to stem soil erosion and desertification in the long run.
   从长远来看，退耕还林或退耕还牧都是阻止沙漠侵蚀和沙漠化的基本途径。

World atlas of desertification
Global desertification: building a science for dryland development.
Biological feedbacks in global desertification
Desertification alters patterns of aboveground net primary production in Chihuahuan ecosystems
Onset of Asian desertification by 22 Myr ago inferred from loess deposits in China
Onset of Asian desertification by 22 Myr ago inferred from loess deposits in China
CONCEPT DEDUCTION AND ITS CONNOTATION OF KARST ROCKY DESERTIFICATION
Spatial vegetation patterns and imminent desertification in Mediterranean arid ecosystems
Desert dust suppressing precipitation: a possible desertification feedback loop.
The Influence of Land Surface Properties on Sahel Climate. Part 1: Desertification.