Absent intervention by state wildlife officials, Nevada’s state animal, the desert bighorn sheep, may see its herds thinned ...

Global warming is increasing the incidence of drought, which dries up water holes. Higher temperatures may produce an increasing number of wildfires that alter desert landscapes by eliminating ...

while areas already prone to drought will suffer more frequent and intense droughts. Drylands refer to arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas, and excludes deserts, when used in the context of ...

Watching the wildfires devastate a major U.S. city has many of us wondering: Could it happen here? Research shows our ...

The Kern County Desert has begun to see the affects of the Golden State’s increasing drought. The weekly U.S. Drought Monitor ...

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 ...

How dry is it in Southern California? See the drought levels and recent rainfall totals for several counties in the region.

This means that a desert would not be considered in drought unless it had less rainfall than normal, for a long period of time. Droughts can last from weeks to months and even years. Why are some ...

At the time, the province of Gansu in northwest China was prone to natural disasters, especially drought. In 1774, on the ...

Desertification close desertificationThe spread of desert conditions in arid regions due to human activities, drought or climate change. is the process of land turning into desert as the quality ...