PDF-Aridity, Drought and Desertification

95 MOHAMEDKASSASCHAPTER 7 region Nubia Sandstone aquifers prevail in northeast Africa Egypt Sudan Libya and Chad limeAlgeria and Tunisia A diversity of aquifer formapotential evapotranspira. Overview Figure 1 Aridity Index and Classification of lands in Israel Source CLEMDES 2004 brPage 2br CSD1617 Desertification CSD1617 National Report Israel 210 2 Strategic Planning 21 Afforestation and Drylands Management brPage 3br CSD1617 Desertif Benjamin Lloyd-Hughes. Apologies!. “Very sorry to be unable to join you, please accept my apologies for some rather wordy slides...”. Key message. “We’d like to emulate the best regional practices globally.”. Kevin E Trenberth. NCAR. Warmer air holds more moisture. 4% per °F. Global warming=. More heat .  . More drying. . More . evaporation. . More moisture. More rain. More drought. Drought. 1 2.4 Drought 2.4.1 G eneral Drought is a normal, recurrent feature of climate and characterized in terms of its spatial extension, intensity and duration. Conditions of drought appear when rainfall . Corina E. . Tarnita. Desertification due to: overgrazing; climate change. Sudden switch to desert; hard to recover. Decreasing rainfall. Increasing rainfall. Rainfall. (mm day. -1. ). Vegetation biomass (g m. Every country in North Africa is affected in some capacity by the Sahara Desert. . Desertification – . Link. 6 min. Dust Bowl – . Link. 10 minutes. Desertification. Desertification. – is the change of fertile (good farm land) land that is too dry or damaged to support life.. LCRA Firm Water Customer Meeting. January 26, 2011. Bob Rose, LCRA Chief Meteorologist. Wednesday’s Rainfall (thru 10 am). Driest Calendar Year on Record for Texas. 2011 Texas Weather Statistics. 14.88 inches. . Mike . Crimmins. Dept. of Soil, Water & Environmental Science. University of Arizona. Acknowledgements. Dan Ferguson. University of Arizona. CLIMAS/Institute of the Environment. Alison . Meadow. University of Arizona. SS7G2. The student will discuss environmental issues across the continent of Africa.. The Sahel. The Sahel is an area of Africa south of the Sahara Desert. . It is an example of how poor farming practices and the destruction of trees and shrubs can lead to an expanding desert.. Event 5. Rajasthan Drought:2002. Drought detected is the well documented Rajasthan drought.. Drought loomed in all the 32 districts of Rajasthan with a deficit rainfall of 53.4%. Approximately 40 million people and 50 million cattle were affected. The water table went down, wells and . factors . affecting . the management . playing field . for. international . lake basins in the Horn of Africa. Dr. Thomas J. . Ballatore. Lake Basin Action Network (LBAN), Shiga, Japan. Prof. Eric O. . PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON WATER AND SANITATION. 01 MARCH 2017. 1. 1. PRESENTATION LAYOUT. Purpose. Background. The approach to address drought conditions. Key intervention measures by national government. Presented by: . Modathir. . Zaroug. .. Introduction. In . Paris Agreement, the 21. st. Conference of Parties (COP 21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held in Paris in December 2015 invited the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to provide a . Give 4 values of the tropical rainforest . Give 2 social impacts of climate change . What happens when tropical storms hit land and why?. Name our LIC case study of a tectonic hazard/ give 2 primary effects of the earthquake..