Despite the rough environment, microbial life thrives in the desert’s salty and sulfate-rich soil. These conditions provide a ...

Inspired by the secret to the Nile Delta’s fertility, engineers are using a concoction of clay, water and local soils to grow fruits in the desert. In March this year, just as countries across ...

The 2010-11 austral summer provided the most wetted soil area, 10.21 km2, and 2009-10 covered the least, 5.38 km2. We suggest that wet soils are a significant component of the MDV cold desert land ...

New method of regulating plant hormones allows researchers to increase quality and yields of rice crops grown in saline soil.

These extreme environments have led to numerous adaptations of desert organisms, such as plants that have moisture-conserving leaves or that reside as seeds in the soil for long time periods until ...

Differences in community stability and diversity among three communities (riparian forest, ecotone community, and desert shrubs), as well as among three spatial scales were analyzed by the one-way ...

It's hard to imagine that global warming would have much effect on the world's already hot deserts. But even small changes in temperature or precipitation could drastically impact plants and ...

One of the most diverse ecological niches for microbial bioprospecting is soil, including that of drylands. Drylands are one of the most abundant biomes on Earth, but extreme cases, such as deserts, ...