Soil bacteria and fungi play key roles in the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, yet our understanding of their responses to climate change lags significantly behind that of other organisms. This ...

Politics Aridity Could Dry Up Southwestern Mine Proposals Critical minerals for the clean energy transition are abundant in the Southwest, but the dozens of mines proposed to access them will ...

The discussion of human occupation in the southern Andes during the mid‐Holocene, centered on whether or not the region was abandoned because of the increasing aridity that has been identified by ...

Land-atmosphere feedbacks exacerbate concurrent soil drought and atmospheric aridity. PNAS, 2019 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1904955116 ...

Aridity conditions have now been mapped for the whole globe with a very high spatial resolution. This is a knowledge tool and database that helps detailed description and informed decisions to ...

Climate simulations suggest that land-atmosphere feedbacks involving soil moisture effects on atmospheric temperature and humidity can increase the frequency and intensity of atmospheric aridity ...

Aridity can affect the ability to grow many crops. Large parts of the country of Chad, shown here, have drying lands. United Nations Chad, CC BY-NC-SA The soil-biodiversity connection ...

The ‘Power of Aridity’ is Bringing a Colorado River Dam to its Knees For the millions of people who depend on Glen Canyon Dam for electricity, drinking water and irrigation of crops, two ...

Aridity, as measured by Aridity Index, indicates the extent of water stress suffered by growing plants due to insufficient moisture from both rainfall and soil sources.

The Effect of Dryness on LifeThis article was originally published with the title “Aridity and Evolution” in SA Supplements Vol. 68 No. 1760supp (September 1909), p. 206 doi:10.1038 ...