Arid and semi-arid lands represent 41% of the Earth’s surface, and the proportion is growing. These regions are more vulnerable ... regional climate and, in a world first, revealed the mechanism ...

Throughout the arid regions of Iran, agricultural and permanent settlements are supported by the ancient qanat system of tapping alluvial aquifers at the heads of valleys and conducting the water ...

Converting irrigated agriculture into highly productive systems around the world If aquaponics suited to arid regions were adopted throughout the world, irrigated agriculture could be converted into a ...

Yet more than one billion people, one-sixth of the Earth's population, actually live in desert regions. Deserts cover ... Some plants have adapted to the arid climate by growing long roots that ...

Overall, the results indicated that the forage quality in semi-arid regions may even be increased later into the growing season with grazing under solar panels. The group introduced its findings ...