Researchers at the University of Utah recently published a first-of-its-kind study that measures the impact dust has on ...

Farmer Hadi Saheb cannot wait to see his wheat fields flourish in the heart of the desert after he tapped into groundwater ...

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...

There are points in the world's geography that are taken for granted that they were always like that and, despite the passage ...

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

After decades spent pruning thorny bushes and working arduous harvests, Khalaf Allah al-Talhi has perfected the art of ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Though it was underwater just 12,000 years ago, White Sands National Park — now an arid desert landscape — abounds with remnants of ancient human history. White Sands Missile Range ...

A new study published in Nature reveals the modern arid desert between Africa and Saudi Arabia was once regularly lush and green with rivers and lakes over a period of 8 million years, allowing for ...

Abstract: The research on recognition of dune forms is of great significance for mastering desert landforms and controlling them. We first reviews the status quo of desertification monitoring and ...