New research suggests Sonoran Desert toads went into steep decline after stories of their mind-bending chemical properties ...

Climate change is drastically shrinking the habitat of valuable Desert teak, a tree prized for medicine and economy. A new ...

In the study, "Greening of the Thar Desert driven by climate change and human interventions, published in Cell Reports Sustainability," researchers conducted an observational analysis using remote ...

More information: Vimal Mishra et al, Greening of the Thar Desert driven by climate change and human interventions, Cell Reports Sustainability (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.crsus.2025.100364 ...

In recent weeks Europe sweltered under intense heatwaves, while southern South America had record low temperatures. How far is global warming driving these events?

The Sahara Desert has grown by nearly 10 percent since 1920. ... climate change, and bad farming practices cause this. Since 1920, the Sahara has grown by about 10%, moving south into the Sahel.

The public is tuning out the seemingly slow warming of the world, but it doesn't have to be that way, argue Grace Liu and Rachit Dubey ...

A 70,000-person global study found understanding how events such as fires and floods are linked to climate change may be a ...

People are rapidly building on desert habitat. And human-caused climate change has cranked up the heat in Phoenix, where the summer daytime temperature average is more than 4 degrees Fahrenheit ...

Climate change has already devastated many oases across Morocco, and it's only going to get worse: Temperatures in Morocco are projected to rise by as much as nine degrees Fahrenheit by the end of ...

But as climate change makes heat waves more frequent, intense and long-lasting, experts say the increasingly severe conditions are testing some iconic desert plants known for their resilience ...

Parts of the Sahara Desert have seen 600 percent of the average rainfall in the past 30 days, causing extreme floods. ... She has covered climate change and natural disasters extensively.