Bioremediation and environmental engineering of Terra saved that planet from pollution and desertification.
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Desertification
//dɪˌzɝ.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən//
Synonyms for "desertification" (2 found)
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30 translations across 23 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَصَحُّر noun (process by which a region becomes a desert)
Belarusian
1 entries- апустыньванне noun (process by which a region becomes a desert)
Catalan
1 entries- desertificació noun (process by which a region becomes a desert)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 沙漠化 noun (process by which a region becomes a desert)
Dutch
2 entries- verwoestijning noun (process by which a region becomes a desert)
- woestijnvorming noun (process by which a region becomes a desert)
Finnish
1 entries- aavikoituminen noun (process by which a region becomes a desert)
French
1 entries- désertification noun (process by which a region becomes a desert)
German
2 entries- Desertifikation noun (process by which a region becomes a desert)
- fortschreitende Wüstenbildung noun (process by which a region becomes a desert)
Greek
1 entries- ερημοποίηση noun (process by which a region becomes a desert)
Hungarian
1 entries- elsivatagosodás noun (process by which a region becomes a desert)
Italian
1 entries- desertificazione noun (process by which a region becomes a desert)
Kazakh
3 entries- шөлге айналу noun (process by which a region becomes a desert)
- шөлдену noun (process by which a region becomes a desert)
- шөлейттену noun (process by which a region becomes a desert)
Korean
1 entries- 사막화 noun (process by which a region becomes a desert)
Macedonian
1 entries- опустинување noun (process by which a region becomes a desert)
Malay
2 entries- desertifikasi noun (process by which a region becomes a desert)
- penggurunan noun (process by which a region becomes a desert)
Nepali
1 entries- मरुभूमिकरण noun (process by which a region becomes a desert)
Occitan
1 entries- desertificacion noun (process by which a region becomes a desert)
Polish
1 entries- pustynnienie noun (process by which a region becomes a desert)
Portuguese
1 entries- desertificação noun (process by which a region becomes a desert)
Russian
2 entries- дезертифика́ция noun (process by which a region becomes a desert)
- опусты́нивание noun (process by which a region becomes a desert)
Spanish
2 entries- desertificación noun (process by which a region becomes a desert)
- desertización noun (process by which a region becomes a desert)
Swedish
1 entries- ökenspridning noun (process by which a region becomes a desert)
Ukrainian
1 entries- опустелювання noun (process by which a region becomes a desert)
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Many areas in Algeria are subject to desertification.
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"Steve, some think the end of the world is 'nigh', but what do you think?" "Lou, you know there are rapid desertification, vast deforestation, and increasing pollution worldwide, so we can't rule out that scenario!" "Yeah, people are killing our Earth."
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Algeria needs to overcome the challenge of desertification.
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