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The World’s Largest Hybrid Solar Farm That Stores Energy After Sunset In Molten Salt Joins China's Great Solar WallAerial view of a solar farm in the deserts of Dunhuang, Northwestern China.

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The World’s Largest Hybrid Solar Farm That Stores Energy After Sunset In Molten Salt Joins China's Great Solar WallAerial view of a solar farm in the deserts of Dunhuang, Northwestern China.
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The World’s Largest Hybrid Solar Farm That Stores Energy After Sunset In Molten Salt Joins China's Great Solar Wall

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Uncovering 12,000 Years Of Lost History From The Air, The Desert Reveals Mysterious Structures That Have Stumped Archaeologists For DecadesSafawi Kite 104, a giant hunting trap structure, found in the Basalt Desert of north-eastern Jordan.

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Uncovering 12,000 Years Of Lost History From The Air, The Desert Reveals Mysterious Structures That Have Stumped Archaeologists For DecadesSafawi Kite 104, a giant hunting trap structure, found in the Basalt Desert of north-eastern Jordan.
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Uncovering 12,000 Years Of Lost History From The Air, The Desert Reveals Mysterious Structures That Have Stumped Archaeologists For Decades

clock-iconJune 5, 2026

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In Deserts And Dunes Across The World, When Conditions Are Just Right, You Can Hear The Sand Scream At 450 HzKelso Dunes at the Mojave Preserve.

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In Deserts And Dunes Across The World, When Conditions Are Just Right, You Can Hear The Sand Scream At 450 HzKelso Dunes at the Mojave Preserve.
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In Deserts And Dunes Across The World, When Conditions Are Just Right, You Can Hear The Sand Scream At 450 Hz

clock-iconMay 29, 2026

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The Smallest Desert In The World Isn't Where You Expect (And Also Isn't A Desert)Carcross Desert on a sunny day

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The Smallest Desert In The World Isn't Where You Expect (And Also Isn't A Desert)Carcross Desert on a sunny day
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The Smallest Desert In The World Isn't Where You Expect (And Also Isn't A Desert)

clock-iconMarch 26, 2026

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World's Driest Hot Desert Set To See Major Desert Bloom Next Month, The First Since 2022purple flowers covering a vast area in the Atacama Desert, during a desert bloom

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World's Driest Hot Desert Set To See Major Desert Bloom Next Month, The First Since 2022purple flowers covering a vast area in the Atacama Desert, during a desert bloom
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World's Driest Hot Desert Set To See Major Desert Bloom Next Month, The First Since 2022

clock-iconAugust 19, 2025
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Thar Desert: A Biodiversity Hotspot That's Also The Most Densely Populated Desert In The Worldpeople living in a village in the thar desert

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Thar Desert: A Biodiversity Hotspot That's Also The Most Densely Populated Desert In The Worldpeople living in a village in the thar desert
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Thar Desert: A Biodiversity Hotspot That's Also The Most Densely Populated Desert In The World

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Fast, Ferocious, and Fearsome: Meet The Sun Spiders Of The SolifugaeLarge yellowish invertebrate on a rocky surface. Side onto the camera with two front legs raise, the body looks hairy with large darker colored mouthparts.

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Fast, Ferocious, and Fearsome: Meet The Sun Spiders Of The SolifugaeLarge yellowish invertebrate on a rocky surface. Side onto the camera with two front legs raise, the body looks hairy with large darker colored mouthparts.
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Fast, Ferocious, and Fearsome: Meet The Sun Spiders Of The Solifugae

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How Did One Of The World’s Largest Lakes Turn Into The World’s Youngest Desert?Rusty ships lying on the seabed of the dried-up Aral Sea in Moynaq (or Muynak), a former fishing town in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan

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How Did One Of The World’s Largest Lakes Turn Into The World’s Youngest Desert?Rusty ships lying on the seabed of the dried-up Aral Sea in Moynaq (or Muynak), a former fishing town in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan
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How Did One Of The World’s Largest Lakes Turn Into The World’s Youngest Desert?

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The Sahara Desert Isn’t As Sandy As You Think It Islarge sand dunes against a blue sky

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The Sahara Desert Isn’t As Sandy As You Think It Islarge sand dunes against a blue sky
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The Sahara Desert Isn’t As Sandy As You Think It Is

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Scientists Work Out How To Extract Water From The Driest Hot Desert On EarthPanoramic view of Alto Hospicio in Chile's Atacama Desert

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Scientists Work Out How To Extract Water From The Driest Hot Desert On EarthPanoramic view of Alto Hospicio in Chile's Atacama Desert
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Scientists Work Out How To Extract Water From The Driest Hot Desert On Earth

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“Wooly Devil” Is First New Plant Genus Found In US National Park For Nearly 50 YearsFirst photograph taken of Ovicula biradiata, a flower with green petals covered in fuzzy white hairs and two red ray florets coming out of its center

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“Wooly Devil” Is First New Plant Genus Found In US National Park For Nearly 50 YearsFirst photograph taken of Ovicula biradiata, a flower with green petals covered in fuzzy white hairs and two red ray florets coming out of its center
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“Wooly Devil” Is First New Plant Genus Found In US National Park For Nearly 50 Years

clock-iconFebruary 20, 2025
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Early Humans Adapted To Extreme Deserts More Than A Million Years AgoStone tools from Engaji Nanyori 1.2-1 million years ago show extra work compared to those earlier and elsewhere, assisting more efficient butchery of prey.

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Early Humans Adapted To Extreme Deserts More Than A Million Years AgoStone tools from Engaji Nanyori 1.2-1 million years ago show extra work compared to those earlier and elsewhere, assisting more efficient butchery of prey.
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Early Humans Adapted To Extreme Deserts More Than A Million Years Ago

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Gigantic "Pyramid Dunes" Of The Sahara Desert Seen From SpaceAn aerial view of Erg Chebbi in southeastern Morocco, not far from the border with Algeria.

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Gigantic "Pyramid Dunes" Of The Sahara Desert Seen From SpaceAn aerial view of Erg Chebbi in southeastern Morocco, not far from the border with Algeria.
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Gigantic "Pyramid Dunes" Of The Sahara Desert Seen From Space

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Earth's Driest Hot Desert Just Turned Purple In Rare Winter BloomLa Silla Observatory superbloom

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Earth's Driest Hot Desert Just Turned Purple In Rare Winter BloomLa Silla Observatory superbloom
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Earth's Driest Hot Desert Just Turned Purple In Rare Winter Bloom

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Hidden Bacteria “Biosphere” Found Lurking 4 Meters Beneath Earth’s Driest Hot DesertYungay Playa in the Atacama Desert

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Hidden Bacteria “Biosphere” Found Lurking 4 Meters Beneath Earth’s Driest Hot DesertYungay Playa in the Atacama Desert
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Hidden Bacteria “Biosphere” Found Lurking 4 Meters Beneath Earth’s Driest Hot Desert

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