Some deserts are among the planet's last remaining areas of total wilderness. Yet more than one billion people, one-sixth of the Earth's population, actually live in desert regions. Deserts cover ...

From its perch in the foothills of the 3.4-mile-high mountain, you can see over an expanse of plains, called Aeolis Palus, ...

A remote area of the Kazakh steppe, Mangystau is a region of contrasts, where desert colours and eroded shapes blend together. It has a variety of landscapes, including Caspian lowlands ...

In one of the most unforgiving environments on Earth, a spectacular blooming event is happening. This phenomenon, sometimes called a “desert bloom,” is filling sections of the Atacama with ...

KS2 Geography. Biomes. A short video for pupils aged 7 to 11 investigating two of Earth's major biomes - rainforests and ...

Criterion (vii): The Lut Desert protects a globally-recognized iconic hot desert landscape, one of the hottest places on earth. It is renowned for its spectacular series of landforms, namely the ...

Journey to Earth's greatest wildernesses - deserts and grasslands. Covering over 1/2 of our planet and home to the stars of the natural world, it’s here where nature puts on its most dramatic show.

the driest desert on Earth. Their 5,000-year-old mummies, dating thousands of years before the Egyptians, gained worldwide exposure in 2021 when UNESCO finally included them on the World Heritage ...

Not all deserts are hot and full of sand ... It all depends on where you believe space begins above Earth. From the International Space Station, 250 miles up, you can see the wall and many ...