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 ...

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 ...

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

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, ...

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 ...

From floating above expansive deserts to gliding above verdant landscapes, every place has its own unique charm. Here, we look at five unique hot air ballooning destinations that promise an ...

To witness the region's remarkable landforms, one must visit Zhangye and ... refers to land formations sculpted by relentless desert winds. Whistling past the jutting, silent turret of stratified ...

DR. SVEN HEDIN'S latest book, describing the first section of his famous last journey to Tibet, in which he travelled overland to India, has at the present moment a special political and economic ...

Dromedary camel in outback Australia, near Silverton, NSW. Image via Jjron, CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/, via Wikimedia Commons Are you ...

Suitable for a family audience, this exhibition focuses on desert animals. We would have liked to see even more images of these exceptional places, to learn more about their differences.

While under quarantine, all ash tree material, not including wood chips, should remain on the island, the Maine Forest Service says. The Maine Forest Service expanded its emerald ash quarantine ...