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== Ocean Deserts? ==
== Ocean Deserts? ==


If a desert is a place with little precipitation, then large parts of the ocean would qualify (for example, off the coast of Senegal, where hardly any rain falls). Is there a name for such places? [[Special:Contributions/68.196.1.236|68.196.1.236]] ([[User talk:68.196.1.236|talk]]) 18:43, 14 August 2021 (UTC)captcrisis
If a desert is a place with little precipitation, then large parts of the ocean would qualify (for example, off the coast of Senegal, hardly any rain falls). Is there a name for such places? [[Special:Contributions/68.196.1.236|68.196.1.236]] ([[User talk:68.196.1.236|talk]]) 18:43, 14 August 2021 (UTC)captcrisis

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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that only about 20% of the world's deserts are sandy (dunes pictured)?

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Semi-protected edit request on 24 August 2016


In the article Desert / Biogeography <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert#Biogeography> it is stated that "Cacti are restricted to North America", which is not correct as they are also present in South America <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cactus#Distribution>.

I would suggest something like "Cacti are present in both North and South America, with a post-Gondwana origin". I am not a cactus specialist, but the error is evident. 200.199.130.68 (talk) 18:20, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Updated. -- Dane2007 talk 21:29, 26 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Edit request: Expansion of one sentence for clarity.

Regarding the first clause of the last sentence under Human Relations --> History:

Overgrazing is still considered a cause of desertification. The reference is a TED Talk whose presenter is distinguishing between that and "adequate" grazing. He argues that undergrazing is also a problem (though he doesn't say it in those words) because herds are needed to flatten tall grasses, which encourages "biological decay" (as opposed to oxidative decomposition) and creates a microclimate underneath, regulating temperature and retaining moisture. This results in new grassland growth next season, as opposed to favoring woody plants and leaving soil bare. (This was all in the TED Talk.)

All that to suggest my edit: "Although overgrazing is still considered to be a cause of desertification, there is some evidence that "planned grazing", actively managed with livestock, actually improves vegetation cover and land fertility and production. Livestock reduction or removal may actually encourage erosive processes."

2001:569:7466:DA00:CD28:BED8:7121:5F66 (talk) 03:34, 22 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks. You'd be right, but we shouldn't really be using TED talks as sources anyway, they're just people's opinions, and this one is certainly controversial and would need far more solid evidence, so I've removed it. Better sources are already used just above that passage giving the main points. Chiswick Chap (talk) 12:39, 9 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 6 June 2018

2001:8003:3DD2:BA00:DD6A:19A7:9354:57AA (talk) 04:18, 6 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

desert is a hot place

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. LittlePuppers (talk) 04:44, 6 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Arctic is not a single desert

There's no single Arctic desert. There may be deserts in the Arctic region, but parts of the Arctic has more precipitation than the limit for deserts. This obviously means that the Arctic is not a single desert, never mind different regions are separated by open sea! The northern polar ice may seem like a desert, but it's over water, so it's not a desert by definition and the ice is not static or permanent. Now compare with the Afro-Asian desert belt. If we go by this idea that all of the Arctic landmass is a single desert, then this also must apply to the entire desert region in Africa and Asia, from Mauretania to China. 109.56.153.130 (talk) 13:11, 22 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Dome C

Internal link for Dome C. --77.173.90.33 (talk) 11:55, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

 Done NiciVampireHeart 12:04, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. --77.173.90.33 (talk) 12:36, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 7 August 2019

"Mars is the only planet in the Solar System on which deserts have been identified." → "Mars is the only planet in the Solar System besides Earth on which deserts have been identified." The statement is technically inaccurate otherwise. 81.97.179.9 (talk) 16:17, 7 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. El_C 16:20, 7 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 4 January 2020

"the only other planet in the Solar System besides earth" → "the only other planet in the Solar System besides Earth", per MOS:CELESTIALBODIES. 148.252.24.230 (talk) 21:30, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Ghmyrtle (talk) 21:38, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Ocean Deserts?

If a desert is a place with little precipitation, then large parts of the ocean would qualify (for example, off the coast of Senegal, hardly any rain falls). Is there a name for such places? 68.196.1.236 (talk) 18:43, 14 August 2021 (UTC)captcrisis[reply]

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