Arid and semi-arid lands represent 41% of the ... They found that dust and pollutants generated in the Taklamakan and Gobi deserts not only change the climate in northwest China through cloud ...

Regions particularly characterized as arid and semi-arid lands begin to experience ... Areas that have experience both droughts and poor soil will notice the water evaporate at a faster rate. As ...

Desert plants may have to go without fresh water for years at a time. Some plants have adapted to the arid climate by growing long roots that tap water from deep underground. Other plants ...

A look at the vast, arid lands in the heart of Asia. These deserts and dry grasslands are so hostile that they push life to the limit. The animals that live here are some of the earth's toughest.

Soil health can be restored by additives ... and treatment effectiveness for revegetation in the Mojave Desert, USA," in Arid Environments and Wind Erosion, eds. A. Fernandez-Bernal & M.

The Atacama is the world’s driest non-polar desert – a landscape so vast and arid that Nasa practices ... sweetened by minerals in the soil. Chile’s tourism numbers have been growing fast ...

The correct soil composition is crucial for the well-being of fairy duster plants. They thrive in well-draining soil with low ...

Except it wasn’t so simple – these melons were only possible with the help of liquid “nanoclay”, a soil recovery technology ... its proximity to the arid desert. Its productivity had ...

In some cases global warming is predicted to increase the area of deserts ... salinization to improve arid lands, find new ways to rotate crops to protect the fragile soil, and plant sand-fixing ...

Desertification close desertificationThe spread of desert conditions in arid regions due to human activities ... into desert as the quality of the soil declines over time. Many countries around ...

Except it wasn’t so simple – these melons were only possible with the help of liquid “nanoclay”, a soil recovery technology ... its proximity to the arid desert. Its productivity had ...