🏜️ Desertification and drought impacts livelihoods, lowers economic activity, and increases the chance of conflict. Up to 40% of the world’s land is degraded. But from monitoring vegetation to identifying groundwater sources, space technologies are giving us powerful tools to act. 🌍 Today is the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, placed under the theme "Restore the land. Unlock the opportunities". For the occasion, #UNOOSA is explaining how satellites track desertification, and support land restoration and water resilience across the world.  Swipe through and learn how: 🌱 #Earthobservation satellites power land restoration efforts and combat #desertification from the 🇺🇸 Western US to 🇧🇭 Bahrain 💧 Real-time satellite data helps prevent #drought and support farming 🌐 UNOOSA, through #Space4Water and UNSPIDER, builds local capacity to use satellite data to monitor and respond to natural disasters and climate change. 1️⃣ Learn more about space solutions currently...