According to the World Atlas of Desertification (WAD), deserts, defined as hyper-arid zones with minimal rainfall, make up ...

From the Sahara to northern Pakistan and Death Valley, discover more about why some of the world's driest areas are increasingly wet ...

A tiny particle of dust, lifted from a faraway desert, can travel thousands of miles on the wind. You would never see it. You would never feel it. Yet, new research shows this invisible traveler has a ...

A new study shows that natural dust particles swirling in from faraway deserts can trigger freezing of clouds in Earth's ...