Some of the Southwest’s most iconic desert trees are running for their lives in what could be a grim harbinger for more temperate ecosystems across the West. A study in Functional Ecology offers ...

New York's awe-inspiring Adirondack Mountains are known for snowy peaks and chilly lakes, but they are also home to a unique ecosystem known as sandstone pavement barrens. In these fascinating ...

The more data, the better scientists are able to understand a system. Sometimes, however, that data is hard to come by. Vast desert ecosystems, often located in remote places and characterized ...

26 June 2006 The serious loss of desert wilderness worldwide is being stemmed on a small scale in the UAE, through an initiative to have more desert tracts protected as natural reserves. "The ...

A variety of ecosystems are spread across the world, each with distinctive interacting characteristics and components. They range from small (eg a freshwater pond) to global (eg the desert biome ...

When completed in late 2013, the $2.2 billion Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System will power 140,000 California homes. Gilles Mingasson The Mojave Desert is blooming.