Nearly one half of the planet's land mass is on the brink of turning into nonarable desert, according to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). These already-arid lands ...

In Ancient Times: A History of the Early World, originally intended as a high school textbook, Breasted wrote: “The earliest home of men in this great arena of Western Asia is…a kind of cultivable ...

Fertile islands are key ... accomplish project objectives. Major desert restoration techniques include: planting and seeding, managing water, manipulating soil properties, and providing cover.

Back in the UAE, communities living nearby have already benefited from the ability to turn the desert around them into fertile land. The arrival of the produce grown using nanoclay proved ...

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Ancient Egyptians called their land "Kemet," which meant "black ... Here, the extreme dry sands of the desert meet the fertile silt-laden soils along the Nile—a river that provides a source ...

Like something from the science fiction film Dune, the “world’s biggest mining dredger” has been swallowing acre after acre ...

Back in the UAE, communities living nearby have already benefited from the ability to turn the desert around them into fertile land. The arrival of the produce grown using nanoclay proved ...