Give a reasoned account of the distribution of deserts across the earth with the help of relevant examples.

The above distribution can be explained as follows:

Presence of cold ocean currents causes anti-cyclonic conditions

✓ Peru Current → Patagonia desert

Deep sea trawling causing deep water deserts ✓ Atlantic Ocean

Overgrazing ✓ Ranni Grasslands

Deforestation expanding to give wood for chopsticks → Over-extraction of groundwater as in Punjab ✓ ISEO says desertification at rate of 500 m²/year

✓ Ladakh and Gobi desert

Abidjan declaration must be implemented through joint collaboration under SDG 17.

— BHAVESH JALPAN · AIR 128