People in the town were so surprised when Perhaps the most dangerous locust is the desert locust. It bearing the news is found in Africa,the Middle East, and Asia-in about 60Some people continued believing him to be mad. They stillcountries altogether. When desert locusts swarm, they bring...
Rocky desertification, also known as "the earth cancer," refers to land degradation where vegetation is destroyed, bedrock is exposed and the surface resembles a desert landscape. Local people would say, "Rocks come to light, no plants survive." In Guizhou, areas of rocky desertification are of...
Monitoring alpine lakes is important for understanding the regional environmental changes caused by global warming. In this study, we provided a detailed analysis of alpine lake changes in the Tianshan Mountains (TS) and discussed their driving forces based on Landsat TM/ETM+/OLI, WorldView-2, ...
Rocky desertification, also known as "the earth cancer," refers to land degradation where vegetation is destroyed, bedrock is exposed and the surface resembles a desert landscape. Local people would say, "Rocks come to light, no plants survive." In Guizhou, areas of rocky desertification are of...
Why is ocean acidification important? Why did Antarctica's climate change approximately 50 million years ago? Why is the Arctic region so sparsely populated? Why is uniformitarianism important to historical geology? Why is the study of Earth science important?
Increased Dust Pollution from the Sahara The second-largest contributor to future air pollution is likely to be dust from the Saharan desert. “In our models, an increase in winds is projected to loft more dust into the atmosphere,” said Robert Allen, associate professor of Earth and Planetary...
to make the deserts into good land again. They want to bring water to the deserts, so people can live and grow food. They are learning a lot about the deserts. But more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the desert in time....
Roberta Fusaro:What is your favorite nature-based removal solution and its potential benefits and challenges? Mark Patel:I am a big fan of what we might be able to do in the ocean. The ocean is our biggest carbon sink on Earth. And the reason tha...
Why is the Barringer Crater important?Question:Why is the Barringer Crater important?Asteroid Craters:Most of the asteroids and meteors that impact on the Earth's surface end up impacting on either water, or in locations that are far from human inhabitants, as humans live on only a small sect...
After completing the race, Morrison went on to enter the Marathon Des Sables, known as “the toughest race on Earth,” as well as trek across the Sahara Desert. “I left the rat race for a bike race and I never, ever looked back,” she says. ...