Norwegian scientist Kristian Morten Olesen has patented a process to mix nano-particles of clay with water and bind them to sand particles to condition desert soil - he has been working on Liquid ...

Sand is typically classified into three categories based on particle size: coarse, medium, and fine. The strength and durability of a structure depend on these factors. Rough, angular particles, for ...

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But even small changes in temperature or precipitation could drastically impact plants and animals living in the desert ... and plant sand-fixing bushes and trees. Planting leguminous plants ...

Desert sand is too smooth to bind to make concrete, so sand is taken from river beds such as the Mekong A crisis is engulfing the Mekong River, its banks are collapsing and half a million people ...

(CNN) — Striking images from the Sahara Desert show large lakes etched into rolling sand dunes after one of the most arid, barren places in the world was hit with its first floods in decades.

The color, fitting for the desert of Indio, California, was aptly called "desert sand blonde." Naturally, we had to know more ...

The parched desert and hillsides made an inviting canvas: By simply removing a layer of dark stones cluttering the ground, exposing the lighter sand beneath, the Nasca created markings that have ...

A rare deluge of rainfall left blue lagoons of water amid the palm trees and sand dunes of the Sahara desert, nourishing some of its driest regions with more water than they had seen in decades.