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Desert gardeners in Las Vegas can create a thriving yard even in triple-digit heat by planting desert-friendly plants, proper location and care, and timing their watering in the morning.
"I actually needed this information." Gardener shares helpful hacks for growing popular fruit: 'Good to know' first appeared ...
A light layer of Saharan dust is expected to drift along the Texas Gulf Coast by Sunday, bringing hazy skies, reduced air quality, and vivid sunsets to parts of South and East Texas.
Statistics on deaths at sea vary considerably and are themselves deeply contested, and geographical designations of 'the Sahara' or 'the Mediterranean' are anything but specific — but that has not ...
Ghana said on Thursday it views a Moroccan autonomy plan as the sole basis to settle the Western Sahara dispute within the framework of the UN, aligning itself with a growing number of Western ...
Smoke, dust, what else is heading toward U.S.? As dust cloud over the Sahara Desert sweeps to the U.S., here's what a haboob is.
How to save a desert oasis—before it vanishes completely For centuries, hundreds of millions of people have relied on desert wetlands that are now disappearing. Can blending ancient knowledge ...
In the Mauritanian desert, nomadic herders look for unusual rocks with a dark surface, hoping to find rare meteorites and strike it big.
7,000-Year-Old Skeletons From the ‘Green Sahara’ Reveal a Mysterious Human Lineage Researchers recently sequenced the genomes of two naturally mummified women found in Libya ...
Stalagmites grow from bottom to top with banding similar to tree rings. Accurate chronology shows that the sample started to grow shortly before 6000 years ago. Credit: Dr Julia Barrott.
Explore the causes behind the Sahara Desert's expansion, from climate change to human activities, and the urgent need for solutions to combat desertification.