Arid and semi-arid lands represent 41% of the Earth’s surface, and the proportion is growing. These regions are more vulnerable to global warming than humid areas. If the CO 2 emission rate ...

Valley fever is a viral disease that is caused by inhaling spores of the fungus Coccidioides immitis, which lives in the soil in certain arid regions of the southwestern U.S.

Research shows that the Tahiti lime adapts well to Brazil's semi-arid local climatic conditions, producing high-quality fruit ...

Extracted from a quarry in Mexico, the unaltered marble is an organic material foreign to the environment of the Coachella Valley, Dávila highlights the idea of migration. Traveling hundreds of ...

For millennia, residents carved their homes into the soft tuff stone – hardened volcanic ash from long-dormant volcanoes – that dips and swells along the arid valley, occasionally erupting into narrow ...