The UN Convention to Combat Desertification defines desertification as land degradation, which is the “reduction or loss in arid, semi‐arid, and dry sub‐humid areas, of the biological or economic productivity and complexity of rain‐fed cropland, irrigated cropland, or range, pasture, forest, and woodlands resulting.

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This alert from the Alliance of World Scientists (AWS) examines the collapse of food webs as a result of global change stressors. The following is …

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