From a distance, the Ivanpah solar plant looks like a shimmering lake in the Mojave Desert. Up close, it’s a vast alien-like installation of hundreds of thousand of mirrors pointed at three towers, ...

Before petroleum was discovered in the late 1950s, the country was considered one of the poorest nations in the world.

Through these painstaking efforts, the research painted a picture of Engaji Nanyori as a dry, semi-desert environment, with little water and few plants. But the landscape hadn’t always been that ...

According to ABC News, the plant has been struggling to stay competitive against cheaper solar technologies on the market.

The view from the patio is shifting as Las Vegas residents embracing xeriscaping, after the summer of 2024 left behind defeated trees and scorched backyards across the valley.

Ancient Desert Dwellers Findings published by an international research team in Nature Communications Earth & Environment report that our early human relative, Homo erectus, lived in arid terrains in ...

Dr. Ali Al-Dosari, a scientific researcher at the Environmental and Life Sciences Research Center at KISR, spoke about the ...

Conservation groups say the proposed Arizona routes for an Interstate 11 project failed to consider habitat for imperiled ...

Janet Wilson is senior environment reporter for The Desert Sun, and co-authors USA Today Climate Point, a weekly newsletter on climate, energy and the environment. She can be reached at jwilson@ ...