desert

The ‘fog oases’ in the Atacama Desert, Chile’s new strategy against drought

The **Atacama Desert**, not only is the driest on the planet, but due to **climate change** it is expanding towards the south of Chile. Its natural border is the north of the Coquimbo region, but **the most severe drought...

Saudi Arabia seeks to boost smart irrigation

Desertification is a process of land degradation that causes the loss of biological and economic productivity, turning it into a desert. Concern about this phenomenon is present in various parts of the world, such as Saudi Arabia, which has...

What is desertification and how does it affect the planet?

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) revealed a truly alarming fact: half of the Earth's land surface is close to becoming an uncultivable desert. What does this mean? It means that the planet is undergoing a process of...

The Arabian Desert turned into a river of ice

The winter arrived in **Saudi Arabia** in an unusual way, as it **dressed the desert** of Al-Jawf in a white blanket, the result of the strange **rock storm that dyed the region white and formed a river of ice**....

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Severe fecal contamination in two sacred rivers in India

The Ganges and Yamuna rivers, considered sacred in Hindu tradition and the epicenter of the Kumbh Mela festival, present...