When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A woman and her two children draw water from a well in the Thar Desert, also known as the Great ...

The Sahara today is shorthand for desolation, a vast belt of sand and rock that helps define the climate of an entire ...

Learn how to turn a desert green by banking the rain with three methods: 1. **Half-moons**: Crescent-shaped basins that capture runoff and create mini-oases for trees. 2. **Swales on contour**: ...

It’s hard to green the desert. Take China, or Africa’s Sahel region, for example. Their “Great Green Walls,” grand projects to beat back encroaching desert by planting trees, have required decades of ...

The annual green-to-golden transition of San Diego’s wild grasslands starts during late March or early April, depending on the amount of late-season rainfall. North-facing hillsides and canyon slopes ...

Rare monsoon rains have briefly turned Rajasthan’s Thar Desert green, awakening dormant seeds and wildlife, offering a ...

Plant scientists at a world-leading firm that grows date palms in the UK are helping to turn an Indian desert green as they open a new state-of-the-art lab. Although the British climate is too cold to ...