The first large-scale map of rainfall declines revealed by signatures in ancient soil could help researchers better understand profound regional and global climate transformation. A new study ...

A research team led by Professor Xin Wang from Lanzhou University and Professor Fahu Chen from the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has uncovered new insights into ...

THE issue of this map occurs at an opportune moment. Public attention has been much directed lately to the once fertile strip of country that lies between the deserts of Arabia on the one hand, and ...

As global temperatures rise, desert climates have spread north by up to 100 kilometres in parts of Central Asia since the 1980s, a climate assessment reveals. The study, published on 27 May in ...

A look at the vast, arid lands in the heart of Asia. These deserts and dry grasslands are so hostile that they push life to the limit. The animals that live here are some of the earth's toughest. Show ...

The Arabian Desert, today the largest expanse of windswept sand dunes on Earth, experienced recurring periods of humidity millions of years ago, researchers report April 9 in Nature. The study may ...

...the backbone of one of Asia’s most remarkable and unexpected ecosystems... In the far south of Oman, the Dhofar Mountains rise dramatically from the desert plains, forming the backbone of one of ...

THIS is an account of a journey made by three members of the China Inland Mission who started from China and worked their way through Mongolia and Chinese Turkestan to Siberia. The prospects of such a ...