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After Mojave Fires, Camels Help Restore Iconic Joshua Tree Groves in the Cherished California Desert

The Mojave National Preserve is having its iconic Joshua trees restored thanks to a crack team of a dozen volunteers, 3 beasts, and 6...

Rare Nocturnal Parrot Described as ‘the Holy Grail of Ornithology’ Finally Recorded by Rangers in Remote Desert

From ABC News Australia comes a fantastic development in indigenous-led conservation, as rangers from the Kiwirrkurra traditional owners have recorded the calls of one...

Creating Electricity From Moisture in the Air, Even in the Sahara Desert

A totally science-fiction device developed by scientists in Massachusetts would allow people to pull electricity out of thin air. Back in 2020, GNN reported on...

Solar Farms Erected in Gobi Desert are Set to Power 1.5 Million Chinese Households

Aside from teacups and rice bowls, China doesn't do anything on a small scale. To wit, their recently-completed solar array in Ningxia Hui is...

Device Pulls Dozens of Liters of Water from the Air–Already Being Installed in Jordanian Desert Homes

Entrepreneurs in Jordan have created a sophisticated machine that pulls water from the desert air at a rate that could cure the country's water...

California’s Desert Superbloom After Spring Rainstorms Is So Big and Bright, it Can be Seen from Space–LOOK

The major storms that battered parts of the state of California this year were intense, disruptive, and in some cases, tragic; but many people...

Bridgestone Tire Gets Rubber from Desert Guayule Plant Which Doesn’t Require Irrigation

Bridgestone has invested $100 million into farming a desert-dwelling herb to replace the rubber tree for rubber production. Guayule (Why-OO-lee) produces rubber as a form...

The Smell of Desert Rain May Be Good for Your Health

Desert dwellers know it well: the smell of rain and the feeling of euphoria that comes when a storm washes over the parched earth. That...

Cheap Gel Packs Can Pull Many Liters of Water From Even Desert Air

More than a third of the world's population lives in drylands, areas that experience significant water shortages. Now scientists have developed a solution that...

These Solar Panels Also Pull in Water Vapor to Grow Crops in the Desert

Using a unique hydrogel, scientists in Saudi Arabia have successfully drawn water out of the dry air for growing spinach—while producing electricity from the...

Beavers Saved From Euthanasia Transform and Replenish Rivers in the Utah Desert

Beavers and their dams can positively impact essentially any environment they're placed in, even the scorching heat of the Moab Desert in Utah. And...

Researchers Solve Mystery of Scattered Black Glass in Chilean Desert – it Was Made by an Exploding Comet

A vast swath of dark rocky glass littering a Chilean desert has remained a mystery for a decade, but Brown University researchers just confirmed...

Refugees in Cameroon Have Turned a Treeless Desert Camp Into a Thriving Forest – LOOK

What once was brown now has turned green, thanks to a special collaboration between the Dutch Lottery, the UN, and a group of humanitarian...

‘Genetic Goldmine’ Unearthed in the Desert Could Help Crops Survive Global Warming

A "genetic goldmine" that could help crops survive global warming has been unearthed—in the driest desert in the world. Plants growing in the Atacama Desert...

Researchers Find That Wild Donkeys and Horses Dig Desert Watering Holes Vital For Entire Ecosystem

Research on feral horses and wild donkeys in the American southwest show they dig desert wells with their hooves in the soft sand of...

A Team of Maverick Engineers Want to Roll the Geological Clock Back on Sinai and Replace Desert with Lush Greenery

A pioneering Dutch land engineer wants to turn the Sinai Desert into the Sinai Forest, using techniques demonstrated on a mass scale in China. Theorizing...

Elon Musk’s Brother Starts ‘Million Garden Movement’ to Plant a Garden For Every Household Living in a Food Desert

What do ten dollars, a garden, Harrison Ford, and Elon Musk's brother have in common? They're all being used to combat food insecurity, malnutrition,...

Ancient Biblical Scrolls and Rare Coins of ‘Immeasurable Worth for Mankind’ Discovered in Desert Cave

Dozens of rare parchment fragments that are over 1,800 years old have been found in a remote cave in the Judean Desert. “For the first...

Top 10 Species Discovered in 2020 Include a Harry Potter Snake and Desert-Dwelling Broccoli

While homo sapiens sheltered in place, 2020 also saw explorers diving out into the wilds of the world, finding astonishing new species never before...

U.S. Approves Plan to Build the Nation’s Largest Solar Project in the Desert by 2022

Not only will the Gemini Solar Project be the largest in US history, it is set to be the eighth largest in the world at 690-MW.