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 ...

China's Largest Solar Farm Is Doing A Lot More Than Generating Energy

Solar farms are already proving to be an effective addition to traditional power, but now it looks like they may have ...
LAist

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

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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 ...
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 ...
pv magazine International

Data Shock! Field Test at Northern Shaanxi Ground-Mounted Power Station: Jinko TOPCon Delivers Up to 10.79% Power Generation Gain—Where Lies BC’s Advantage?

Recently, to study the practical application performance of TOPCon modules and BC modules in desert areas, a comparative analysis was conducted on the actual power generation data of a PV power ...
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 ...
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 ...
LAist

Amid Water Woes, Solar Is Booming In The California Desert

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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 ...