Oases are important habitats and water sources for dryland regions, sustaining 10% of the world's population despite taking up about 1.5% of land area. But in many places, climate change and ...

Our Colorado Desert – which stretches from the Colorado River to Palm Springs and south into Baja California – is an arid, low-lying region of shifting sand dunes, stony flats and sparsely vegetated ...

Have you ever imagined stumbling upon a shimmering oasis hidden deep within the desert? In the heart of the American Southwest, these rare sanctuaries thrive against all odds. They offer cool waters, ...

Until the early 2000s, little was known about the Bronze Age culture that occupied northwestern Arabia 4,000 years ago. The impression of a remote and disconnected expanse of desert began to change ...

In one short but memorable scene in the documentary Soul Food Junkies (premiering on Independent Lens Jan. 14), filmmaker Byron Hurt interviews a woman who just can’t find decent, healthy food in her ...

Oases gained 85,000 square miles, mostly from artificial expansion projects Oases lost 52,000 square miles from desertification and water scarcity Oases gained a net area of about 33,400 square miles, ...