This article assesses the extent to which the academic community engaged with climate
change in Central Asia between 1991 and 2021. The article finds that climate change has …

Desertification research in arid and semi-arid regions has always been actively pursued. In
China, the problem of desertification in **njiang has also received extensive attention. Due …

Climate change (CC) and human activities (HA) have severely influenced grassland
productivity in Central Asia since the 1980s. However, the relative impacts of CC and HA on …

Desertification is one of the most serious ecological and environmental problems in arid
regions. Low-cost, wide-ranging, and high-precision methods are essential for the …

Soil erosion is a threat to the ecological environment and human health. Climate change is
closely related to soil erosion, and the ecological environment in Central Asia is sensitive to …

Central Asia (CA) is a core area of global desertification, but the effect of the intensifying
“global greening” policy on the desertification process under global warming scenarios in …

Though well-positioned geographically to benefit from China's Silk Road Economic Belt
initiative, Central Asia nevertheless suffers from a fragile ecological environment. Therefore …

The arid region of northwest China is a hotspot for global desertification research, because it
is affected by the combined effects of climate change and human activities, and it has had a …

Grassland degradation (within-state change) and desertification (state conversion from
grasslands to deserts) are different states in the complex dynamic process of grassland …

Desertification is a serious and perilous threat to natural ecosystems. Understanding the
spatio-temporal characteristics of this process through the evaluation and monitoring of …