Chinese scientists spray lab-grown cyanobacteria onto desert sand to create fertile farmable soil in 10 months, reducing wind ...

The rugged and beautiful Greek island of Lemnos is home to a desert in the Gomati area, to the island's north.

Desert soil often looks lifeless, but it’s full of microscopic organisms like bacteria and fungi that help cycle nutrients and support plant life. Many deserts have a tough, crusty surface called ...

China accelerates desert restoration: 3.5 billion-year-old microbes stabilize sand and protect ecosystems in months.

Winds blowing over a dune can move grains of sand in three main ways. What path these grains take depends on their size, although the exact size in each category can change from site to site. Think of ...

Researchers analyzed 59 years of data to show that adding bacteria to desert sand can rapidly create new soil.

The globe may be running out of sand suitable for concrete. Researchers are therefore testing a possible solution for using desert sand as a material. The world's most important building material ...

What if someone told you that one of India’s largest deserts disappears every year? For a few months, water spreads across the land like a shallow sea. Birds ar ...

The desert teaches you humility. Out on Bureau of Land Management land in southern Nevada, there is no hum of electricity, no ...

“In the desert, there’s a solution for everything,” our guide, Ahmed, told us. “Except the wind,” he added with a wry smile, zipping up his light jacket. As the sun dipped below the horizon on our ...

Chinese scientists have developed a microbe-based method to turn desert sand into stable soil, offering a new tool against ...