Recent and subfossil pollen spectra from the Alashan Plateau are presented in order to provide information on desert plant representation and on recent changes in vegetation and climate in this remote ...

The steady decline of plants in Southern California’s portion of the Sonoran Desert — which includes Anza-Borrego Desert State Park — is caused by climate change-driven heat increases, according to a ...

The steady decline of plants in Southern California’s portion of the Sonoran Desert — which includes Anza-Borrego Desert State Park — is caused by climate change-driven heat increases, according to a ...

The steady decline of plants in Southern California’s portion of the Sonoran Desert — which includes Anza-Borrego Desert State Park — is caused by climate change-driven heat increases, according to a ...

Man's impact on vegetation becomes more marked in arid regions than under the better-known more humid conditions of northern Europe. In the semi-desert of northern Sudan, when the vegetation is ...

The Numbers Don't Lie About Desert Growth The Sahara Desert has expanded by about 10 percent since 1920, according to a new ...

When the Bighorn Fire broke out in the Santa Catalina Mountains in 2020, nervous Tucson residents watched the flames move down the mountain a little farther each day, encroaching into the lower desert ...

The smell of monsoon showers permeates the desert after that first storm of the summer. One desert ecologist describes it as a "symphony of smells.' Gary Nabhan says he attributes the smells to the ...

There are more than 4,000 species of mammals living in the many ecosystems and environments found across the Earth. The fact that they are all endothermic, warm-blooded, allows these amazing creatures ...