A hydrogel could make deserts flourish with crops grown on barren sand. Here’s another futuristic invention that could completely change the future of agriculture in a desertifying world. S... Read more
Can the crust still function even if it’s broken? Desert soil has a living crust that is essential for fixing nitrogen, a critical plant nutrient, and for avoiding erosion that produce... Read more
A simple and inexpensive way to produce drinking water IN THE dry desert on the west coast of Namibia, where the annual average rainfall is a meagre 40mm, the Namib beetle (Stenocara gracili... Read more