W henever we think of the Sahara Desert, the images that come to mind are vast stretches of sand and extreme dryness. But do ...

For two decades, Foden, a specialist climate scientist at SANParks, South Africa’s national conservation ... but lethal, even to desert-adapted plants that have evolved many ways to survive ...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has gifted African countries drought ... Well known as the Ghaf trees, they remain green even in harsh desert environments. It is essential for the survival of ...

Take China, or Africa’s Sahel region, for example. Their “Great Green Walls,” grand projects to beat back encroaching desert by planting trees, have required decades of slog, innumerable ...