Seeing the north coast of Peru for the first time, you would be hard-pressed to believe it’s one of the driest deserts in the ...

When desert ecosystems have been damaged or destroyed ... in the interiors of continents far from ocean moisture, and in rain shadows adjacent to mountains (Figure 1). While deserts are best ...

Ancient rivers and lakes lie beneath Arabia’s harshest desert, revealing a lush, forgotten world once shaped by monsoons and ...

Deserts cover more than one-fifth of the Earth's land area, and they are found on every continent. A place that receives less than 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rain per year is considered a desert.

The Atacama Desert in Chile is widely recognised as the driest nonpolar desert in the world ...

Spring’s roller coaster ride of weather continues as rain, cold temperatures and windy conditions are expected in the High Desert. Beginning Monday through Wednesday, strong wind gusts between ...

A new song and video from the New Mexico Outside Fat Tire Society hopes to educate riders about cryptobiotic soil and the ...

Little rain falls in the Chihuahuan, but the Rio Grande River - known as the Rio Bravo in Mexico - flows through the desert, providing a lifeline ... the health of this all important cross-border ...

But what do we really know about the desert ecosystem in this part of the United ... than 250mm a year and many deserts have hardly any rain fall. Average summer temperatures here in the Arabian ...