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How to save a desert oasis—before it vanishes completely. For centuries, hundreds of millions of people have relied on desert wetlands that are now disappearing.

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The Trump administration has cut all funding for the Low Income Heating and Energy Assistance Program in its wide-reaching ...

Hidden among the majestic canyons of the Utah desert, about 7 miles from the nearest town, is a small research facility meant ...

The Fourth of July is just days away, and several cities around the Coachella Valley, the Hi-Desert, and the mountain areas ...

CHANARAL, Chile (Reuters) -In Chile's arid Atacama, the driest desert in the world, growers and researchers are looking to ...