For a long time, the idea of a desert in Europe seemed unthinkable. But now, in the south-central part of Hungary, a ...

Researchers studied the DNA of two 7,000-year-old naturally mummified individuals excavated in the Takarkori rock shelter in ...

New research reveals that the Arabian Peninsula wasn't always the barren landscape we see today, but rather cycled through ...

Mineral formations in caves reveal recurring periods of humidity in the Arabian Desert over the last 8 million years.

China’s 3,050-km green belt encircles the Taklamakan Desert—equal in size to Germany—to block sandstorms and desert expansion with solar-powered vegetation. A renewable energy mega-project ...