Desertification is a type of land degradation. It occurs when drylands become increasingly arid or desert-like. Desertification doesn’t necessarily mean that these water-scarce regions will transform ...

For centuries, people believed AlUla — an ancient desert region in northwestern Saudi Arabia — was mysterious, forbidden, and ...

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People who live in desert regions are perceived as living in hardship and isolation and surviving largely due to subsidies from the 'mainstream' economy. New research suggests that for some desert ...