River basin salinization as a form of aridity [Environmental Sciences]

Soil-salinization affects, to a different extent, more than one-third of terrestrial river basins (estimate based on the Food and Agriculture Organization Harmonized World Soil Database, 2012). Among these, many are endorheic and ephemeral systems already encompassing different degrees of aridity, land degradation, and vulnerability to climate change. The primary effect...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - July 27, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Saverio Perri, Samir Suweis, Alex Holmes, Prashanth R. Marpu, Dara Entekhabi, Annalisa Molini Tags: Physical Sciences Source Type: research