Water shortages are expanding across the Earth. This is particularly acute in desert areas of the Middle East that are subject to both drought and extreme conditions such as flooding. As a result of ...

Migratory birds change how high they fly over deserts and seas. Wing shape, feather color, and heat all play a role in helping them survive.

Deserts are notoriously dry, so why do so many of them border oceans?

China accelerates desert restoration: 3.5 billion-year-old microbes stabilize sand and protect ecosystems in months.

Underneath the parched sands of Atacama is a massive, diverse group of bacteria and a previously undetected biosphere, according to a new study. Reading time 2 minutes The Atacama Desert—an arid, ...

Scientists from New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) have uncovered fresh geological evidence that water once flowed beneath the surface of Mars, suggesting the Red Planet may have stayed habitable ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis is urging governments to make good on their commitments to curb climate change, warning that continued unsustainable development and rampant consumption threaten to turn ...

The Earth is full of wonders. Mountains, deserts, forests. Cities, monuments, artificial islands. But some things are so massive or uniquely designed .

The new technique will map the top of the aquifer, called the 'water table,' spanning areas as large as hundreds of kilometers using a radar mounted on a high-altitude aircraft. According to the ...