Chinguetti, Mauritania is home to some of West Africa’s oldest Quranic texts and manuscripts. It could soon be swallowed by ...

For a religion that preaches the transience of all things, the ever shifting sands of China's western deserts might seem the ...

The city of Alto Hospicio, in Chile’s Atacama Desert, is one of the driest places on Earth. And yet its population of 140,000 ...

A new generation’s fight for water, power and resistance in Pakistan, and why Sindh’s survival depends on resisting megaprojects.

An ancient trading post known for housing some of West Africa's most historically significant manuscripts could soon be ...

This family transformed a run-down suburban home into an off-grid desert paradise — and they did it all themselves.

Outside of a handful of valleys in Antarctica, the Atacama is the driest place on Earth. The inhospitable landscape of sand, ...

Plant ecologist Associate Professor Andy Leigh's research focuses on how plants withstand heat stress, to develop strategies ...

Cecilia Lemus writes that the eastern Coachella Valley has become a prime target for developers who view the desert’s open ...

An annual water and sewer increase became the hot topic for Duncan Public Utilities Authority Tuesday night. After Mayor Robert Armstrong read consent agenda items pertaining to the annual consumer ...