Desertification is a form of land degradation by which fertile land loses much of its biological — and economic — ...

The Green Desert ... 300 miles downstream from Hoover Dam, Colorado River water enters river size canals to irrigate farmlands in California and Arizona. The All-American Canal system carries ...

Both are part of the Coachella Valley, which is located in Southern California's Colorado Desert and is also home ... sunny climate and fertile soil began to attract both farmers and celebrities.

In the Arizona desert, James Turrell is creating one of the most ambitious artworks in American history ... After a few miles, he turned off the pavement to follow a dusty road; then he turned ...

Instead, Eisterhold describes TerraVox, likely the only winery devoted exclusively to American ... From working on soil surveys in college, he knew which spots would be fertile but not so rich ...

When you think of Coachella, you probably picture the festival. But there's much more to know about the place it calls home.

The Chihuahuan Desert, long a corridor for trade between Mexico City and Santa Fe, New Mexico, is now home to five million people. The Rio Grande basin covers 172,000 square miles, crossing three U.S.