Desertification is a land degradation process in arid, semi-arid, and dry sub-humid regions driven by complex interactions among climate variability, anthropogenic pressure, and ecosystem sensitivity.

Israeli industrial designer Shlomi Mir created the wind-powered Tumbleweed Robot. The GPS-enabled robot gathers data about sand dune formation and plants seeds along its path. Created with a circular ...

What does it take to keep a forest alive in one of the driest places on Earth? For decades, China has been planting trees and other vegetation around the edges of the Taklamakan Desert, one of the ...

New Delhi: In the desert regions of northwestern China, scientists are conducting a unique experiment. They are sprinkling soil seeds on sand to create an artificial biological soil crust. The goal is ...