Covering more than 25 million acres — about a fourth of California — the geologically diverse California Desert Conservation Area includes sand dunes, canyons, dry lakes, 90 mountain ranges, and 65 ...

You can get in touch with Joe by emailing joe.edwards@newsweek.com The study examined California's vertical ... Observatory Blue regions on the above map indicate subsidence, with the darker ...

Today, the water has dried up, swimmers have disappeared, and most of what remains are empty cement pools and buildings decaying in the desert sun. Driving through California's Mojave Desert in ...