USUALLY the soil is regarded as something particularly stable, but this stability is almost wholly due to its normal covering of vegetation. There is always a danger that if the cover of ...

Raised in the arid expanse of the desert in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region's Otog Front Banner, Ulziidelger's ...

A new song and video from the New Mexico Outside Fat Tire Society hopes to educate riders about cryptobiotic soil and the ...

HyveGeo believes it can turn the desert green and remove carbon from the atmosphere – using biochar and microscopic algae.

Despite the rough environment, microbial life thrives in the desert’s salty and sulfate-rich soil. These conditions provide a ...

Inspired by the secret to the Nile Delta’s fertility, engineers are using a concoction of clay, water and local soils to grow fruits in the desert. In March this year, just as countries across ...

These extreme environments have led to numerous adaptations of desert organisms, such as plants that have moisture-conserving leaves or that reside as seeds in the soil for long time periods until ...

It's hard to imagine that global warming would have much effect on the world's already hot deserts. But even small changes in temperature or precipitation could drastically impact plants and ...

Hot deserts are found near the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. The largest hot desert is the Sahara in Africa which spans the whole width of the continent.