desert Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 31 Jan 2019 13:34:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Stopping the desert https://www.greenoptimistic.com/stopping-the-desert-20190131/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/stopping-the-desert-20190131/#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2019 13:34:27 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=67801 According to the UN, 24% of land globally is degrading and threatened with desrtification. Trends are only getting worse, considering climate change and mismanagement. The ancient farming technique of zaï is applied to improve degraded bare soils exposed to drought. The farmers dig pits approximately 20 cm across and 15 cm deep in the ground, […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/stopping-the-desert-20190131/feed/ 1 67801 Scientists Store Solar Energy in Desert Sand https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-power-desert-sand-storage/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-power-desert-sand-storage/#respond Fri, 08 Jan 2016 17:41:18 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=58601 Researchers have found a new, eco-friendly and highly efficient way to store solar energy using desert sand. While some research teams are spending long hours, trying to develop the ultimate solar energy storage system, others just have to look out of their window and they have it all in front of their eyes. A team from the Masdar […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-power-desert-sand-storage/feed/ 0 58601 Somalia Rapidly Becoming a Desert Due to Deforestation https://www.greenoptimistic.com/somalia-rapidly-becoming-a-desert-due-to-deforestation-20121120/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/somalia-rapidly-becoming-a-desert-due-to-deforestation-20121120/#respond Tue, 20 Nov 2012 09:16:36 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=28351 Somalia is in trouble. Already an impoverished and war-torn country, Somalia is experiencing massive country-wide deforestation at an alarming rate. Population explosion and urbanization are the primary threats to the country’s environmental health. However, rampant deforestation is quickly exacerbating these environmental issues. Electricity is not an option for many Somalis since it is prohibitively expensive, […]

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