When desert ecosystems have been damaged or destroyed, how do we restore ecological functions, including those directly benefiting humans? Desert restoration is difficult, but possible.

Yet more than one billion people, one-sixth of the Earth's population, actually live in desert regions. Deserts cover more than one-fifth of the Earth's land area, and they are found on every ...

There are lots of different ecosystems on Earth:including desert ecosystems;forest ecosystems;and tundra ecosystems. But all can be contained within three main categories:terrestrial ecosystems on ...

Curious about the largest desert in the world? Discover why the Antarctic Desert, covering millions of square kilometres, is ...

A quarter of the state is desert, home to roughly 2,400 plant species, according to MDLT. Eight years ago, Asbell had an idea. What if there was a way to preserve the ecosystem, centered around ...

Many of us may know Dubai as a holiday destination. But what do we really know about the desert ecosystem in this part of the United Arab Emirates? I’m here in one of the world’s largest hot ...

Environmentalists warn that the construction threatens the desert ecosystem, while the heated plumes of air from the towers could singe migrating birds. But more than 75 percent of Californians ...

“Cadiz’s massive water-privatization scheme would dry up the desert springs and seeps that some of California’s rarest plant and animals need to survive. We’ll do everything possible to protect this ...

Pronghorn antelope, mule deer and grey fox roam the vast grasslands of the northern desert, while roadrunners ... are threatening the health of this all important cross-border ecosystem. Overgrazing, ...

Annual precipitation in the region increased by 64%, one of only four major desert ecosystems globally to experience a statistically significant rise during the same period. Thar also recorded the ...