China has successfully encircled the Taklamakan Desert, the country’s largest and the world’s second-largest shifting desert, with a 1,900-mile (3,050-kilometer) green belt of vegetation and ...

PALM SPRINGS – One of the most obvious side effects of the global pandemic has been supply chain issues, causing shortages in everything from new cars to baby formula. But there is a shortage of ...

“The wind blows all the year round, not a bird in the sky nor a leaf can be found.” This saying, once common in northwest China’s arid Ningxia Hui autonomous region, captures the suffering inflicted ...

ANNA GOESER’S process for creating the retro container gardens she calls Mojave bonsai. 1. Pick an accessory or two -- perhaps a dollhouse-size figure or a vintage Matchbox car. 2. Select a container ...

A video supposedly showing sand moving like water in the "Allen Alkhai" desert in Saudi Arabia racked up several million views after it was posted to the "All About Geography" Facebook page in May ...

The City of Palm Desert is taking new steps to get rid of excess sand that piles up on our roads and sidewalks. This Spring, we saw more windy days that brought a lot of sand build up. “The past two ...