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Deserts
Mystery behind the construction of the pyramids solved
By
Stuart Butler
May 18, 2024
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
By
Bryony Cottam
Apr 22, 2024
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
By
Geographical Staff
Mar 8, 2024
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
By
Graeme Gourlay
Dec 9, 2023
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
By
Logan Gourlay
Aug 27, 2023
Hot arid desert zone along the coasts of Peru and Chile is being eroded by spreading vegetation
The Geographical Podcast: Can Desertification Be Stopped?
By
Geographical Staff
Apr 21, 2023
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
By
Bryony Cottam
Nov 22, 2022
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
By
Geographical Contributor
Sep 7, 2022
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
By
Geographical Staff
Aug 23, 2022
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
By
Geographical Staff
May 17, 2022
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
By
Chris Fitch
Jun 16, 2018
Long-term studies reveal the Sahara desert has grown substantially in area over the past century