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Must-Visit Desert Escapes for Solo Adventurers in the U.S.
Death Valley National Park, California/Nevada Death Valley National Park stands as one of the most extreme environments on ...
An encroaching desert threatens to swallow homes and history
An ancient trading post known for housing some of West Africa’s most historically significant manuscripts could soon be covered by the Sahara Desert ...
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Fernbank’s 'Desert Elephants' chronicles elephant's journey through the harsh conditions of Southwest Africa
Desert Elephants” is the new IMAX film Phelan and his team have created, following the journey of baby elephant Little Foot as she survives the many challenges of the desert with her herd. The film is ...
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Even desert cities could pull drinking water from the air
Water harvesting from foggy air provided up to 5 liters of water a day in a yearlong Chilean desert experiment.
The desert among the snow: how Anmatyerr ceremony men came to create ground paintings in Switzerland
A ground painting is known in Anmatyerr as Ahelh Anety-irrem, meaning “broken” or perhaps even “transformed ground”. The name ...
Desert plants' clever survival trick: Two dormancy cycles a year ensure survival in harsh conditions
A research team led by Prof. Huang Zhenying from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has discovered a remarkable survival strategy—a unique seed dormancy cycling mechanism ...