The Desert Sun

Local program connects elementary students to their desert environment

Rattlesnakes and rabbits, snakes and lizards, coyotes and bobcats, and ... lions? These were just a few of the desert creatures that third-graders at Las Palmitas Elementary School in Thermal shouted ...
JSTOR Daily

Desert Environment and Climate Observation Network over the Taklimakan Desert

As the second-largest shifting sand desert worldwide, the Taklimakan Desert (TD) represents the typical aeolian landforms in arid regions as an important source of global dust aerosols. It directly ...
LAist

Wildfires Were Rare In The Mojave Desert. A Record-Breaking Fire Shows Why That's Changing

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The Desert Sun

Glamping company brings Airstreams to Joshua Tree. Can development and nature coexist?

A new glamping development featuring Airstream trailers broke ground up the road from Joshua Tree National Park's main entrance in late January. Renderings from the company behind the project, ...

Rare desert snowfalls that shocked the world in the last five years: From Saudi dunes to the Atacama plains, where sand meets snow

Deserts are most commonly associated with extreme heat, dunes, and overall arid conditions. But in the past five years, there ...
Artnet

A Wildlife Habitat Has Cancelled Judy Chicago’s Smoke Sculpture for Desert X After Environmental Activists Raised Alarms

Desert X, the open air biennial staged in California’s Coachella Valley, has run into roadblocks with another one of its projects. The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert has cancelled plans ...
Arizona State Press

Cactuses on campus: Exploring the desert greenery around ASU

ASU's location in a sunny, desert environment makes the campus the perfect place for cactuses. Gabriella Zwall, a senior studying dietetics and a member of the Cultivate Downtown Gardening Club at ASU ...
Los Angeles Times

Mojave Desert tribes aim to turn a sacred mountain into a national monument

SEARCHLIGHT, Nev. — The remote mountain from which Mojave Desert tribes believe the universe unfolds rises above a corner of southwestern Nevada defined by Joshua trees, outcroppings, and ...
LAist

Amid Water Woes, Solar Is Booming In The California Desert

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Las Vegas Weekly

Beautify your yard with desert-adapted trees

Vegas’ scorching climate and meager four inches of rain per year mean that only the most resilient trees can survive in our inhospitable environment. And the list of potential trees homeowners can ...
Hyperallergic

Judy Chicago Desert X Artwork on Hold Following Claims of Environmental Concerns

A smoke-based artwork by Judy Chicago planned for the upcoming third edition of Desert X's biennial in Coachella Valley has been put on hold. The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, which had agreed to ...