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Once one of the planet’s driest landscapes, the Sahara Desert may become far wetter by the end of this century. The Sahara ...

It’s the kind of contemplation that desert landscapes naturally inspire when you give them half a chance. For those planning a weekend adventure, Moorten Botanical Garden is perfectly sized – you can ...

When the volcanic island of Surtsey rose from the North Atlantic Ocean in 1963, it offered scientists a once-in-a-lifetime ...

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In the journal Science, researchers from the Texas Field Station Network and Colorado State University study water-deprived ...

The Sahara Desert is one of the driest areas in the world. It gets just 3 inches of precipitation per year—one-tenth of the ...

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