Four football fields of land degrade into desert every second. That equates to an area almost as large as Ethiopia each year.

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 ...

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 ...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is 80% desert. Only 0.7% of land is arable and it imports more than 90% of its food. Unsurprisingly, the oil-rich nation has proved fertile ground for companies ...

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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 ...