Thursday 6 October 2011
Welcome!
Welcome to Deserts and Environmental Change! The blog will discuss a number of issues regarding deserts and environmental change. Deserts, depending on definition, occupy 49 million square kilometres of the Earth's surface and are often characterised by their great aridity. Climate, weather, geomorphology, hydrology and ecology are just some of the components of the desert framework that have been subject to drastic change through time and are sensitive to future perturbations and environmental change. The blog will touch upon some of these aspects highlighting case studies from around the world, ask challenging questions, and invite contributions to media articles, videos, fieldwork and academic publications. There will be particular attention paid to the anthropogenic influence on the desert system.
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Good start, and nice use of mixed media (blogs, videos etc). Maybe include a map somewhere of the major desert regions?
ReplyDeleteHi. Yep, i'm planning on doing a post on where desert regions are found and why this is the case after my blog on the Aral Sea. Will definately include one here.
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