Bush's fault.
The only solution is to do away with the majority of the earth's population.
their corrupt leaders take tons of US aid, the common people won't learn not to cut down every tree in sight, have 3 dozen kids and 50 head of cattle that eat every green thing sprouting out of the ground!
am surprised more of the 3rd world isn't a desert yet...and here the liberals are squawking that we aren't giving enough and are discriminating against the 3rd worlders culture...
total BS!
global warming is not the problem. global drying is.
Convert ocean water and irrigate the deserts. Destroy the deserts that are not wanted. There is enough water just desalt and spray.
Mostly it affects stubborn idiots who overgraze in p#!! poor countries with corrupt governments. Whereas, it really doesn't affect developed ones. Yet again another attempt to make regional issues into "global" ones and to take our money.
The late Sam Kinison had the right idea, "You people
live in a f'ing desert. Move to the food! MOVE TO THE FOOD!!'"
Desertification is defined as something caused by man's work, primarily agricultural, usually bad farming or grazing technique. It is nothing new, and it is not so bad in the US. Other regions of the world have it much worse than the US. How is Zimbabwe progressing in their usage of farmland now that they have kicked out those who know what they are doing?
I notice how they fastidiously avoid mentioning Communist China, where some of the most rapacious desertification in the world is taking place west of Peking in the northern provinces... merely an editorial quibble, I'm sure...</p>
Don't we all really get it by now? If the US has a Conservative in power, the US is endangering the world. If a Liberal is in power, well, at least we can be contained.
Desertification is a hoot. It wasn't too long ago that we were being criticized for eliminating deserts by irrigating land all over - the Sahara was supposed to be in danger.
I do admit that Americans changed the climate in places like LA and AZ when they moved there and tried to keep their NE lawns and gardens.
We can make a difference, and sometimes it's good, and sometimes not. But making it a political decision is worst for everyone and everything.