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Episode: More than three-quarters of the land on Earth is permanently drying due to climate change
Description: Much of Earth's land is drying out and damaging the ability of plant and animal life to survive, according to a United Nations report released at talks where countries are working to address the problem.
The report was released at the U.N. summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on combating desertification—once-fertile lands turning into deserts because of hotter temperatures from human-caused climate change, lack of water and deforestation.
It found that more than three-quarters of the world's land experienced drier conditions from 1970 to 2020 than the previous thirty-year period.
At the talks, nations discussed how better they can help the wo...