"Our next steps will be to bring food and water resources into our calculations." Scientists warn of growing crisis ...

Moss crusts, an advanced form of biological soil crusts, play a crucial role in stabilizing soil phosphorus levels in desert ecosystems. A recent study, published in CATENA, highlights how patch size ...

Reptiles in Oregon's high desert are quite widespread, though few are especially common. You may see lots at some times and ...

For a plant, life in Argentina’s Monte Desert is hard enough. Daily temperatures can fluctuate dramatically; it rarely rains, and there are few nutrients in the parched soil for a hungry plant. To add ...

Far from being barren wastelands, deserts are biologically rich habitats with a vast array of animals and plants that have adapted to the harsh conditions there. Some deserts are among the planet ...

Many of us may know Dubai as a holiday destination. But what do we really know about the desert ecosystem in this part of the United Arab Emirates? I’m here in one of the world’s largest hot ...

which is considered the most diverse desert ecosystem in the Western Hemisphere. Lichter Marck, one of the taxonomists who studied the Wooly Devil, told the California Academy of Sciences that ...

A variety of ecosystems are spread across the world, each with distinctive interacting characteristics and components. They range from small (eg a freshwater pond) to global (eg the desert biome).

to seasonal tropical or temperate biomes and desert biomes. Different temperatures and CO 2 levels favor different biomes. In cold temperature states, tropical latitudes feature desert ...

Nevada is home to two broad ecosystems: the Great Basin and Mojave deserts. Desert is a general term used to describe a biome that is extremely dry, receiving at most 20 inches of rainfall per year.