The Empty Quarter (Rub’ al-Khali), the vast desert of the Arabian Peninsula, was not always an arid landscape. A recent study ...

A yearlong field study on the outskirts of Chile's Atacama Desert has shown the viability of fog harvesting as a method to ...

This week, discover the Sahara’s greener past, explore a mysterious cosmological force, marvel at a new concept for space ...

A new satellite image from the European Space Agency reveals the ongoing collapse of the Aral Sea, once the world's fourth-largest lake.

As climate change and poor governance fuel deadly land disputes in Chad, farmers and herders are turning to grassroots ...

Storm forecasting is traditionally based on studying atmospheric conditions but ground-breaking research that also looks at land surface conditions is set to transform early warning systems in ...

The desert that we see today in Arabia was once a region that repeatedly underwent "green" periods in the past, as a result ...

The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans ...

One impact of climate change is increased tropical storms. The southeast of Africa experiences tropical cyclones - for ...

Unusual structures of unknown origin discovered in desert rocks have been documented in a new study. In the desert regions of ...

The Mojave Desert may lose and gain suitable habitat for Gila monsters. But the unathletic reptiles might be mostly stuck in the waning oases.