A desert environmnet does not support as much life as pretty much any other environment (tundra and ice cap excepted) therefore if your current environment is changing into a desert then a whole lot of present life is going to have to die off. When the present life includes you then people get concerned. And as the desertification represents a net increase world wide then the net population of the world should go down. As the population continues to increase the food producing pressure on the rest of the world gets greater.
loss of farmland and migration
Farming is one of the largest causes of desertification today. Some of the effects of desertification include less suitable soil for plants, famine, and damaged vegetation.
desertification
Industrialism is a continuing concern of society because it has led to the growth of cities and the rise of the working class. Industrialism has also resulted in the pollution of the environment and the exploitation of workers.
The answer is DESERTIFICATION
It was a shame when the land became a desertification area. Desertification is when a piece of land becomes a desert.
No single person created the size 0 trend. It was a trend that started with many fashion designers continuing the "thin is in" look required for models to fit into their super small sample sizes.
Desertification
Desertification
Desertification is the process whereby productive land becomes desert.
The process is called desertification.
Desertification causes a decrease of vegetation.