The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Report on Rising Aridity Trends Globally and Associated Biological and Agricultural Implications
1 Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IPE-CSIC), Zaragoza, Spain.
2 Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, USA.
3 European Commission Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy.
4 Department of Geography, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma, Spain.
5 Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Polytechnic University of Milan, Milano, Italy.
6 Departamento de Gestión Forestal y Su Medio Ambiente, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Conservación de la Naturaleza, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
7 Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
Aridity, characterized by low precipitation and high evaporative demand, affects ecosystems, agriculture, and societies, posing critical challenges in a changing climate.