GEOQUIZ: To which state would you travel to visit Big Bend National Park? Answer: Texas. The Big Bend area is named for its location on the bend of the Rio Grande River, which separates the U.S. and ...

Tom Paradise, University Professor of geosciences, will give a talk at 3:05 p.m. Friday in Gearhart Hall 26, about the visually stunning al-Khamsin winds that he and fellow geoscientists experienced ...

Rajasthan is one of the most captivating tourist destinations, known for its rich history, palaces, forts, and deserts. The ...

The Earth's climate is in a constant state of change based on its position relative to the sun. This relationship means that ...

According to the release, the ancient lake likely reached its largest size around 8,000 years ago during a time of heavy ...

Peruvian-Mexican Musuk Nolte won this year’s World Press Photo in the South America stories category for his coverage of the ...

Desert Rub’ Al-Khali Is the Largest “Sand Sea” in the World, but It Was a 138-Foot-Deep Thriving Lake 8,000 Years Ago Earth ...

At the edge of Barrio Viejo, a half-mile south of downtown Tucson, lies the nation’s only Catholic shrine dedicated to a ...

The vast desert of the Arabian Peninsula was not always an arid landscape. A recent study reveals that this region was once home to a vast lake and river system. These favorable conditions fostered ...

Yardang (Yadan in Chinese) refers to land formations sculpted by relentless desert winds. Whistling past the jutting, silent turret of stratified sandstone, the wind — a perennial force to reckon with ...

An international team of researchers, including scientists from UNIGE, has discovered that the Arabian Peninsula's desert was once shaped by a massive lake and a network of rivers. The Rub’ al-Khali, ...

This Mediterranean island offers peaceful, family-friendly holidays, far from the crowds yet rich in nature, with Europe's ...