its 44,000 km2 desert areas are flat, barren expanses of black volcanic dust. Like regular deserts, they produce sand that can lead to powerful dust storms in windy weather. These particles are ...
When snow on the Southern Alps turned from white to red in the summer of 2019/2020, ash from Australia's bushfires was blamed ...
Desert operation speeds up engine deterioration up to 3x faster ... Turkey's building of dams on the Tigris and Euphrates ...
desert dust has doubled in the 20th century. The impact of this phenomena is difficult to control, as human activity in one part of the world can cause sand and dust storms in another region.
The final 100 trees were planted around the southern edge of the world's most hostile desert, completing an epic 46-year ...
Scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder have conducted a study to begin solving the mystery surrounding dust storms ...
creating a new desert with a particularly insidious characteristic: its high salt concentration. This saline soil, combined with toxic residues from agricultural runoff, has turned the Aralkum into a ...
When snow on the Southern Alps turned from white to red in the summer of 2019/2020, ash from Australia’s bushfires was blamed ...
At present, the UNCCD COP16 is being held, to accelerate the international cooperation agenda for tackling desertification.