I'm not trying to be a Negative Nancy, but I think it's important to show what's happening to the desert. This is a hillside covered with dead cholla cacti. It's a giant sea of brown out here. It used to be light green.
the world over is just glaringly obvious as to what we are doing, we don't need any more money poured into research as to what is going on - you don't even need a science degree to understand it