Before the 1960s, the fourth largest lake on Earth glistened for miles across the borders of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.

About 99% of Earth is uninhabitable; in deep underground places with high pressure and temperature, even the toughest ...

Dune buggies, dune bashing, camel rides, desert camping, quad biking – there are loads of Dubai desert adventures that should be on your bucket list. Now the weather is at its best, it’s time to put ...

Naming someone after a desert can be a creative exercise to come up with very unique baby names that are not common to most people. It's quite the thing these days to choose a name that stands out ...

Experts blame the crisis on the emphasis on paddy cultivation, which yields higher returns. The demand for water for agriculture has grown to 43.7 lakh hectare metre, 73% of which is groundwater ...

A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees. By Carl Zimmer Chimpanzees live only in African rainforests and woodlands. Orangutans ...

Introducing large quantities of salt to areas with significant vegetation — as one might expect at the site of a wildfire — is almost always detrimental. Raising soil salinity — the salt content of an ...

According to the United Nations, soil salinization affects between 20% and 40% of arable land globally, with human activity and climate change—especially rising sea levels—largely responsible ...

Researchers have adapted medical dialysis to treat high-salinity organic wastewater, efficiently separating salts from organics with lower energy use and minimal fouling. This method offers ...

It was sparked by Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait. The war unfolded in two key phases: Operation Desert Shield, which focused on troop deployment and defending Saudi Arabia, and Operation ...

The IAF's 120th "Desert Giants" Squadron, previously known as "The International Squadron," has participated in several historic missions. Its first major mission was to drop supplies to Yemen's ...