In southern California’s Coachella Valley, pale sand dunes sprawl under the desert sun, shifting and re-forming in the wind.

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A 12,000-year-old Alpine ice core reveals Europe once endured massive dust storms and sea salt surges—evidence of a radically ...

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UNITED NATIONS—Sand and dust storms affect about 330 million people in over 150 countries and are taking an increasing toll on health, economies and the environment, the UN World Meteorological ...

The largest piece of Mars ever discovered on Earth was sold for more than $5 million at an auction of rare geological and ...

On a recent flight home to Salt Lake City, I gazed out the window and shuddered. The ground below was riddled with cracks.

Water levels in the Slave River watershed remain at historic lows and glaciers in British Columbia which feed the watershed's ...

Clues from another dry spell 6,000 years ago are helping scientists understand what’s driving the latest one, and why it’s ...

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The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and archaeological objects in New York on Wednesday, while a juvenile dinosaur skeleton ...