China has successfully encircled the Taklamakan Desert, the country’s largest and the world’s second-largest shifting desert, with a 1,900-mile (3,050-kilometer) green belt of vegetation and ...

There’s a place in Sindh where the desert breathes ancient tales and the sun whispers across sand dunes. It’s called ...

Egypt is far more than endless sand. From coral reefs in the Red Sea to volcanic black deserts and the sacred peaks of Sinai, ...

Show more Show less Solar panels at the Dalat Banner Photovoltaic Station in the Kubuqi desert near Ordos, in China's northern Inner Mongolia region Tourists riding camels in Kubuqi desert near Ordos, ...

Brutal Soviet-era farming practices severely damaged the Aral Sea's delicate ecosystem. Now ecologists are planting saplings ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

Discover Theri Kaadu, Tamil Nadu’s mysterious red desert that looks like Mars. Learn how its crimson dunes formed over 10,000 ...

One of the most rewarding to visit is Timimoun, located in the north on the shores of an immense sand sea of over 23,000sq miles. It’s nicknamed La Rouge (‘the red’) for its ochre-red mud-brick ...

Many head into the Qatari desert in the cooler months, spilling out of the capital Doha to barrel down dunes in all-terrain vehicles — Karim JAAFAR With the rev of an engine and a last tremendous pull ...