Acacia, gum and palm trees once shielded the neighborhood from encroaching dunes, but they’ve gradually disappeared. The ...

The path forward to protect beneficial organisms such as bats, along with all wildlife, the environment, and human health, is ...

In a region defined by arid climates and scarce water resources, Saudi Arabia has long faced challenges creating sustainable ...

The city of Alto Hospicio, in Chile’s Atacama Desert, is one of the driest places on Earth. And yet its population of 140,000 ...

With less annual rainfall than 1 mm per year, Chile's Atacama Desert is one of the driest places in the world. The main water ...

A research team led by Prof. Huang Zhenying from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has discovered a remarkable survival strategy—a unique seed dormancy cycling mechanism ...

Water harvesting from foggy air provided up to 5 liters of water a day in a yearlong Chilean desert experiment.

An international research team has used earth observation radar data to map oil pipeline networks covering a 9000 km2 region in the Niger Delta and pinpoint where crude oil spills have caused the most ...

Feb. 10, 2025 — It's 1999, the 21st century is on the horizon, and California has big plans for marine conservation. New legislation has presented a mandate to establish an ambitious network of ...

Since its founding in 2006, the Mojave Desert Land Trust has conserved over 100,000 acres, conveying more tracts of land to ...

1.9 million farms dot America’s rural landscape, and 95% are operated by families – individuals, family partnerships or family corporations (USDA Census of Agriculture, 2022). Family farms and ranches ...