Many deserts face worsening droughts, but India's Thar Desert has become 38% greener in the past 20 years due to increased rainfall and expanding agriculture in the region, according to a new study.

Thanks to increased accessibility to water and energy, the Thar Desert is now the most populated desert on Earth.

In Thar, the local population sees little to no monetary return from the mining operations on their land, while centuries-old ...

Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar-led research suggests climate change, increased monsoon rainfall and expanded ...

Greening of India's Thar Desert could be due to the combined effects of climate change and human activities, such as groundwater pumping, a study has found.      Also known as the 'Great Indian Desert ...

Its varied landscapes—ranging from the arid Thar Desert to the Aravalli hills, dry deciduous forests, and wetlands—support species that are rare, endemic, or specially adapted to extreme ...

Healthy ecosystems are invisible lifelines for human survival ...