‘When you plant something, it dies’: Brazil’s first arid zone is a stark warning for the whole country — Guardian US The Caatinga in the north-east has been transformed by the heating climate in just a generation and could become the country’s first desert

“We never previously had an #aridzone [in #Brazil],” says Ana Martins do Amaral Cunha, a researcher at the national centre for monitoring and warning on natural disasters ( #Cemaden), and one of the study’s authors.

“When you plant something, it dies"

Hello blue sky! I’m a #restoration #ecologist working in #aridzone #dryland #conservation in particular #mallee #woodlands in #Australia currently an #ARCfellow and some extra #s for good measure #wildoz #ecology #research #fringedlily #plants #animals