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Climate and Desertification in the Picos Region

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Currently, the desertification process is gaining increasing attention in the context of the global environment, due to the extension of the affected areas, as well as the promotion of the desertification of the productive system, that is causing the usual strong social and economic impacts that extend far beyond the boundaries of the regions directly affected.

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  1. Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI), Núcleo de Referência em Ciências Ambientais do Trópico, Ecotonal do Nordeste (TROPEN), Teresina-Piauí, Brazil, CEP 64049-550

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  1. Institute of Soil Science and Land Evaluation, University of Hohenheim, 70593, Stuttgart, Germany

    Thomas Gaiser

  2. Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Telegrafenberg A31, 14473, Potsdam, Germany

    Maarten Krol

  3. Departamento de Engenharia, Hidráulica e Ambiental, Universidade Federal do Ceará, 60451–970, Fortaleza-Ceará, Brazil

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Sales, M.C.L., Ramos, V.M., de Oliveira, J.G.B. (2003). Climate and Desertification in the Picos Region. In: Gaiser, T., Krol, M., Frischkorn, H., de Araújo, J.C. (eds) Global Change and Regional Impacts. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55659-3_26

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