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- Planet Earth is Dying — and Not Because of Fossil Fuels, With Allan Savory (Part 1) Tue, 18 Jun 24, 3:00pmSavory warns that failing to adopt better land management practices, including the strategic use of livestock, poses a significant threat to the planet's ecosystems and humanity's survival.
- Sahara Expert Says Desert Shrinking, Calls Alarmist Tipping Points “Complete Nonsense” Mon, 13 Nov 23, 5:00amClimate tipping points are much more fantasy than science
- NY Times Claims Brazil Is Turning Into Desert, As Foliage Growth Surges Fri, 10 Dec 21, 9:00pmThe simple, undeniable truth is that vegetation is increasing virtually everywhere in Brazil. The New York Times, in order to promote a fictitious climate crisis, is telling provably wrong lies to sell newspapers and to...
- Pushing the Great American Desert Eastward – Reality or Hype? Tue, 31 Jul 18, 5:32pmGuest essay by Rick Yarnell In 1877 an explorer and scientist named John Wesley Powell conceived a dividing line in the North American continent that marked the separation of the green and humid East from the dry, desert...
- China is planting 6.6 million hectares of new forest almost the size of Ireland Thu, 11 Jan 18, 11:20pmThe government of China has announced its plans to plant forests in 2018 that will occupy at least 6.6 million hectares, roughly equivalent to the size of Ireland. As the United States forfeits its leadership on climate change,...
- Substantial swaths of globe face desertification without climate action - new study Tue, 2 Jan 18, 10:30pmLimiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels could reduce desertification of substantial swaths of Earth, according to a new study published in Nature Climate Change. The Paris Agreement...
- 'Great American Desert' threatens to swallow eight US states as massive aquifer dries up Tue, 28 Nov 17, 1:49amThe Ogallala aquifer, one of the world's largest underground bodies of water upon which many ecosystems and communities in the American West depend, is in rapid decline due to over-exploitation of its resources...
- The world's mightiest river is dying Fri, 13 Oct 17, 9:37pmThe Nile River, the longest in the world at 4,258 miles (6,853km), is shrinking in the face of several harsh environmental challenges. An exploding human population and continued exploitation of communities and natural resources...
- China is fighting desertification with a Great Green Wall of trees Thu, 31 Aug 17, 10:53pmIn a major geoengineering effort to fight back against ever-encroaching desert, China is planting trees to create a "Great Green Wall" that may halt erosion, capture carbon, and provide economic benefits to the People's Republic...
- Archaeologist suggests ancient humans helped catalyze the Sahara's desertification Sat, 18 Mar 17, 1:34amThe Sahara Desert we know, with its rolling sand dunes and hot temperatures, used to be a verdant grassland with lakes. Scientists have traditionally attributed the dramatic change to a wobble in Earth's orbital axis, but...
- Soaring skyscrapers transform barren deserts into life-giving oases Fri, 1 Apr 16, 9:20amAn honorable mention in eVolo's 2016 Skyscraper competition, Valley of the Giants takes a futuristic approach to addressing real and pressing concerns troubling North Africa (and other regions) today...
- Soaring skyscrapers transform barren desert into a life-giving oasis Fri, 1 Apr 16, 7:18amAn honorable mention in eVolo's 2016 Skyscraper competition, Valley of the Giants takes a futuristic approach to addressing real and pressing concerns troubling North Africa (and other regions) today...
- Sahara Desert Project to grow 10 hectares of food in Tunisian desert Fri, 18 Mar 16, 4:30amWhen you think of the Sahara Desert, you probably don't connect it with water and vegetation. Yet Norwegian group Sahara Forest Project aims to bring just that to Tunisia through technology and solar power. They have the...
- Satellite Eye on Earth: January 2016 - in pictures Tue, 9 Feb 16, 10:16pmUS snowstorms, Tasmanian bushfires and Arabian plankton blooms were among the images captured by European Space Agency and Nasa satellites last month
- South African insurance company backs tree-planting effort to reduce effects of drought Thu, 24 Dec 15, 3:17amInsurance companies are typically a fairly passive partner in disaster, showing up only when things have gone horribly wrong. The largest agricultural insurer in South Africa has broken the mold by backing a massive effort...