Scientists have used lab-grown cyanobacteria microbes to bind loose desert sand into a thin, stable layer that wind cannot ...

Chinese researchers have demonstrated that bacteria can bind loose desert sand into a stable, wind-resistant crust, offering a potential new tool against desertification in some of the world’s driest ...

In Rajasthan’s harsh desert, one farmer planted 27,000 trees over decades, quietly transforming sand into greenery, but the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. China has successfully encircled the Taklamakan Desert, the country’s largest and the world’s second-largest shifting desert, with ...