When people hear the word “desert”, they think of scorching heat, an extremely hot atmosphere, and unbearable temperatures ...

Far from being barren wastelands, deserts are biologically rich habitats with a vast array of animals and plants that have adapted to the harsh conditions there. Some deserts are among the planet ...

This transnational property comprises fourteen component parts found across arid areas of Central Asia’s temperate zone between the Caspian Sea and the Turanian high mountains. The area is subject to ...

But not all deserts are hot, dry and sandy. Some of the world’s largest deserts are cold deserts located near one of the Earth’s poles, or at high altitude. The thing that characterises all ...

Drylands meet the basic needs of a significant proportion of the world, but are under threat. They harbor some of the world's most valuable and rarest biodiversity. They are major contributors to ...

With more lands around the world facing increasing deterioration and degradation, the United Nations General Assembly declared the United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight Against ...

Seeing the north coast of Peru for the first time, you would be hard-pressed to believe it's one of the driest deserts in the world. However, the apparent success of this system masks an ...

Yellow sand from China's deserts is expected to hit wide areas of Japan on Tuesday and Wednesday. Weather officials say visibility could be reduced to less than 10 kilometers in areas from western ...

Take a journey from the deserts of Arabia to the far corners of the Mediterranean to uncover the world of the Nabataeans, the civilisation that built Petra. Bettany Hughes at a tomb at Hegra ...