"Fascinating piece of American natural heritage." Scientist makes extraordinary discovery while studying American deserts: ...

The United States of America has had some fascinating ... Out of all the world's biomes, deserts are some of the best archaeological locations. That's because of their arid nature.

In the United States, people living in low-income neighborhoods frequently do not have access to affordable healthy food venues, such as supermarkets. Instead, those living in "food deserts" must rely ...

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 ...

We study the causes of “nutritional inequality”: why the wealthy eat more healthfully than the poor in the United States. Exploiting supermarket ... such as “food deserts,” could play an important ...

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has proposed opening government-owned grocery stores as a solution to ...

LOS ANGELES Thieves have targeted freight trains running through the deserts of California and ... Ten of the 11 are Mexicans who were in the United States illegally. Another defendant is a ...

extends from the southwestern United States into northwestern Mexico, its landscape defined by dramatic rock formations and towering cacti. Despite their extreme conditions, deserts have long been ...

the United Nations General Assembly declared the United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight Against Desertification, which runs from January 2010 to December 2020 to promote action that will ...

Infant mortality in North Carolina occurs at a higher rate than some neighboring Southeastern states and the United States at ... four distinct maternity deserts across the state: Far western ...