As he watches his neighbours watering the tens of thousands of tree saplings they planted in their Himalayan village a few ...

The African humid period reveals how northern Africa was dramatically wetter during the late Pleistocene and Holocene geologic epochs, when much of the Sahara desert was covered by grasses, trees and ...

KAUST researchers compared the land surface temperatures between different planted and bare soil environments around Saudi Arabia and found that vegetation provides an extra cooling effect. The ...

Eco India Eco India: What does the greening of the Thar mean for its desert ecosystems Between 2001 and 2023, the Thar desert – a region known for its long, dry spells, droughts and erratic rainfall – ...

Recent studies have indicated a potential transformation of the Sahara Desert into a wetter and greener region due to rising ...

Permaculture expert Geoff Lawton describes how he and a team of volunteers grew an oasis in arid salty lowland despite extremely high temperatures and minimal irrigation The site is the lowest dryland ...

As he watches his neighbours watering the tens of thousands of tree saplings they planted in their Himalayan village a few months ago, Gyan Thinlay is excited about turning this patch of bare desert ...