About one-fifth of Utah remains in at least moderate drought to start 2025, and most of the state is still considered ...

A recent study has illuminated the intricate genetic mechanisms behind crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) photosynthesis in ...

The plight of drought-hit farmers in Australia has prompted ... less efficient or battling more rugged conditions - attempting to "farm the desert" as some critics say - struggle, but mostly ...

Back in 2007, nations in the Sahel region of Africa decided to stop the southward spread of the Sahara Desert to the north — fuelled by drought and climate change — by nurturing trees ...

A desert garden incorporates drought-tolerant plants that thrive in hot and dry climates. Rather than the traditional lawn ...

Global warming is increasing the incidence of drought, which dries up water holes. Higher temperatures may produce an increasing number of wildfires that alter desert landscapes by eliminating ...

The researchers used potted trees in the Desert Botanical Garden ... populations suffered from a combination of heat stress and drought." For a water-loving tree like the Fremont cottonwood ...

This means that a desert would not be considered in drought unless it had less rainfall than normal, for a long period of time. Droughts can last from weeks to months and even years.

Desertification close desertificationThe spread of desert conditions in arid regions due to human activities, drought or climate change. is the process of land turning into desert as the quality ...

In the heart of the Sahara, pools of water now shimmer between palm trees and rolling sand dunes, bringing life to regions long parched by drought. Southeastern Morocco’s desert, where rain is a ...