Before Homo sapiens arrived, Europe's forests were not dense and dark but shaped by open and light-rich woodland landscapes. Researchers have analyzed 917 native forest plant species in Central and ...

The Khejri tree (Prosopis cineraria) grows in the arid and semi-arid regions of India, particularly in Rajasthan and parts of ...

In the heart of the Arabian Peninsula, where sun-scorched dunes stretch endlessly and rainfall is rare, the State of Qatar is ...

At a small stream in India’s eastern state of Odisha, Indigenous villagers catch eels and fish for a dinner celebrating an ...

The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscape Project (ACReSAL), a World Bank-supported initiative, has successfully recovered over 178,000 hectares of ...

Rising average temperature and the decreasing amount of precipitation can make tropical, subtropical plants dominant in ...

Kachri is a flavorful small melon from the Cucurbitaceae family. Known for its tangy-sweet taste when ripe, this tiny melon ...

Over the past 40 years, what natural disaster has affected more people around the globe than any other? The answer, according the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), is drought. The past 10 ...

"This project, supported by the World Bank, addresses severe climate change challenges, particularly the encroaching Sahara desert and land degradation in the 19 northern states. Our efforts aim to ...

Half moon planting and zai pits are used in dry areas to collect infrequent rainwater, helping to re-green the desert.

Future drought conditions could affect soil, such as by reducing its moisture, and “potentially” lead to changes in dust emissions in the state’s arid and semi-arid regions. Climate change ... the ...