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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...