An international team including UNIGE reveals that the Arabian Peninsula desert once hosted a vast lake and rivers, which ...

The Lut Desert is in the southeast of the Islamic Republic of Iran, an arid continental subtropical area notable for a rich variety of spectacular desert landforms. At 2,278,015 ha the area is large ...

Researchers believe rainfall and flooding changed the landscape of the arid desert to a green area some 8,000 years ago.

Tom Paradise, University Professor of geosciences, will give a talk at 3:05 p.m. Friday in Gearhart Hall 26, about the visually stunning al-Khamsin winds that he and fellow geoscientists experienced ...

8 million years of 'Green Arabia' Date: April 9, 2025 Source: Griffith University Summary: A new study reveals the modern arid desert between Africa and Saudi Arabia was once regularly lush and ...

Hot, arid deserts like this are found on almost every continent. They cover around one-fifth of the Earth’s land area and are home to one-sixth of the world’s population, with almost 1.2 ...

Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar-led research suggests climate change, increased monsoon rainfall and expanded ...

Located in the Alashan Plateau in the hyper-arid and temperate desert region of northwestern ... It displays spectacular ongoing geological and geomorphic features of desert landscapes and landforms ...

Located in the Alashan Plateau in the hyper-arid and temperate desert region of northwestern ... It displays spectacular ongoing geological and geomorphic features of desert landscapes and landforms ...

The Sahara Desert is one of Earth’s most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans parts of 11 countries and covers an area comparable to China or the ...