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Tiny soil animals survive harsh desert conditions, revealing hidden life and climate driven survival strategies underground.

As Trump Rolls Back Protections For Wetlands, New Jersey Maintains a Higher Standard Now in its 25th Year, a Historic Effort to Save the Everglades Evolves as the Climate Warms Maine’s Shellfish ...

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Spain is slipping into a desert climate, according to a new study into the relationship between global heating and drought. The Mediterranean country is clearly on the frontlines of climate change in ...

Justin Stewart, an ecologist with the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks, collects a sample of soil containing mycorrhizal fungi taken at Saguaro National Park. Credit: Wyatt ...

The reliable performance of PV modules is heavily influenced by the climate conditions in deserts, which include factors such as irradiance, temperature, humidity and dust soiling. Image: DEWA R&D. A ...

MBERA, Mauritania — The men move in rhythm, swaying in line and beating the ground with spindly tree branches as the sun sets over the barren and hostile Mauritanian desert. The crack of the wood ...

Spotting a Mojave Desert tortoise is increasingly difficult in the American Southwest. The tortoises, with their unmistakable domed patterned shells, live in California, parts of Nevada, Arizona and ...