Geographical
Official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
Deserts
Will Africa’s Great Green Wall ever be finished?
Launched in 2007, the project to combat desertification has been hit by various challenges since its creation – so will it ever be completed?
Mystery behind the construction of the pyramids solved
Scientists think a long extinct river might be the key to solving the mystery behind how the pyramids were constructed.
Shifting sands: why the Thar desert on the borders of India and Pakistan is getting greener
As climate change continues to drive desertification, one desert is set to undergo a surprising transformation
Solving the secret of Earth’s largest desert dunes
Scientists at Aberystwyth University reveal that massive desert star dunes are much younger than we thought
Desertification: the world is losing healthy land at an astonishing rate
At least 100 million hectares of healthy land is lost each year to desertification, drought and land degradation. Can anything halt it?
Peru going green – but it threatens delicate eco-system
Hot arid desert zone along the coasts of Peru and Chile is being eroded by spreading vegetation
The Geographical Podcast: Can Desertification Be Stopped?
The world's drylands and their inhabitants are under threat. We speak to the scientists hoping to stop the spread of desertification
Egypt takes first steps in ambitious plan to regreen the Sinai Desert
Could a project to dredge Egypt's degraded Bardawil Lake bring rain back to the deserts of the Sinai Peninsula?
Disappearing oases could spell the end for desert life
In Morocco, oases that have harboured life for millennia are under threat from climate change and over use of aquifers
The world’s 10 largest deserts
The 10 largest deserts on earth from the arid and icy expanse of Antarctica to the hot sand dunes of Syria
Desert dunes breathe as they ‘inhale’ air
Study into how deserts form shows how microbes can live deep inside arid sand dunes as air seeps deep inside them
Why the Sahara desert is growing
Long-term studies reveal the Sahara desert has grown substantially in area over the past century
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