Welcome to the Desert Research and Extension Center, located in Holtville, California. We are committed to agricultural ...

Desertification is estimated to cost the economy ... haze" reminiscent of the "terrible spring of 2000", when a vast region in northern China was hit by repeated sandstorms and prolonged dust ...

As they say, life finds a way. Microbial life has been discovered existing 13 feet beneath the surface of Earth’s most ...

Many countries around the world suffer from the problems caused by desertification but it is the Sahel region of Africa where the effects are greatest. The Sahel is a narrow belt of land which ...

The Gobi desert is a vast, cold, arid region that spreads across southern Mongolia and northern China. "It is expanding bit by bit," said Ensaikhan. "The sands are moving." Mongolia is a vast ...

Comparison of an open-pit mine in Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, before (top) and after (above) a five-year ecological restoration project. [Photo/Xinhua] Driven by technological ...

TASS/. The Kherson Region is facing the threat of desertification as the armed forces of Ukraine continue to destroy protective forests created back in 18th century, by an order of Empress ...