2023-11-15 07:00:00
Favored by drought and poor soil condition, these natural events have catastrophic consequences for crops and human health.
Sirocco, haboob, khamsin, yellow dust, white storm, harmattan… Sandstorms, whose evocative names vary from one region to another, constitute a major environmental problem, warns a report made public on Wednesday. They release approximately 2 billion tonnes of dust into the atmosphere each year, which can be transported thousands of kilometers, “with disastrous consequences for crops, livestock, human health and the economy”warn the authors of this summary submitted during the international summit on desertification, which is being held in Uzbekistan until November 17.
Largely unpredictable, these natural weather events are common in arid and semi-arid zones, especially in northern Africa, the Near East and Central Asia. But their recurrence and intensity are increasing under the combined effect of climate change and the poor state of soil conservation. The United Nations…
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