Researchers believe rainfall and flooding changed the landscape of the arid desert to a green area some 8,000 years ago.

Maymand is a self-contained, semi-arid ... within the arid chain of Iran’s central mountains. The villagers are agro-pastoralists who practice a highly specific three phase regional variation of ...

Drylands refer to arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas, and excludes deserts, when used in the context of sustainable development. Desertification refers to the land degradation in arid ...

Photograph by Matthieu Paley 7 min read In the world of the desert, water is essential for ... that grows only in the semi-arid highlands of southern Arabia and adjacent lands in the Horn of ...

The Sahara Desert is one of Earth’s most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans parts of 11 countries and covers an area comparable to China or the ...