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Iraq"s Garden of Eden now "like a desert"

To feed and cool his buffaloes, Hashem Gassed must cross 10 kilometers (six miles) of sunburnt land in southern Iraq, where drought is devastating swathes of the mythical Mesopotamian Marshes......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgAug 14th, 2022

Declassified spy images help locate ancient battle site

Archaeologists from Durham University and University of Al-Qadisiyah in Iraq have pinpointed the location of a famous early Islamic battle using declassified spy satellite images......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 12th, 2024

Lethal bacteria could be lurking in your garden: Experts fear US spread after 5 deaths

Lethal bacteria could be lurking in your garden: Experts fear US spread after 5 deaths.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024

African Sahara "greening" can alter Northern Hemisphere climate, modeling study finds

Africa's Sahara Desert may be considered a vast expanse of barren sand with limited vegetation, an extreme environment for plants and animals to thrive, but life always finds a way. Indeed, vegetation growth in the desert has waxed and waned over mil.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 2nd, 2024

What is happening with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft?

Among the options NASA and Boeing are considering: a Starliner cargo flight Boeing's Starliner spacecraft safely landed empty in the New Mexico desert about eight weeks ago, marki.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsNov 1st, 2024

"Over the Garden Wall" turns 10 this year, so there"s no better time to rewatch

"Over the Garden Wall," the animated miniseries about two brothers lost in an unknown land, combines the coziest and creepiest elements of autumn. As the leaves turn and the crisp autumn chill seeps into the air, one thing becomes crystal clear.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 31st, 2024

Ukraine"s surrender hotline is tempting North Koreans to desert, promising they"ll be well fed

Ukraine"s surrender hotline is tempting North Koreans to desert, promising they"ll be well fed.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsOct 28th, 2024

Trump"s Madison Square Garden event features crude and racist insults

Trump"s Madison Square Garden event features crude and racist insults.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsOct 28th, 2024

Trump"s Madison Square Garden event turns into a rally with crude and racist insults

Trump"s Madison Square Garden event turns into a rally with crude and racist insults.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 28th, 2024

Hochul says Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally is a ‘white flag of surrender’

Hochul says Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally is a ‘white flag of surrender’.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 27th, 2024

In search of evidence of ancient human existence, researchers traverse the inhospitable Namib desert

Strewn across the Namib desert is a treasure trove of stone tools of which little is known because getting to them is so difficult. There are few roads and vehicles have limited access in this protected area that lies in the desert of western Namibia.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 17th, 2024

City microbes surviving on disinfectants, research reveals

New research shows microbes in our cities are evolving to resist the very cleaners we use to eliminate them. It also identifies novel strains living in Hong Kong that were previously only found in Antarctic desert soil......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 17th, 2024

A patchwork of spinifex: How we returned cultural burning to the Great Sandy Desert

How can a desert burn? Australia's vast deserts aren't just sand dunes—they're often dotted with flammable spinifex grass hummocks. When heavy rains fall, grass grows quickly before drying out. That's how a desert can burn......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 12th, 2024

New research reveals what can make a home garden program successful

Increasingly, home gardens—small, cultivated plots in backyards or nearby households—are gaining recognition as one of the most promising strategies to reduce malnutrition. However, not all attempts to establish home gardens are successful or abl.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 8th, 2024

Africa"s Great Green Wall will only combat desertification and poverty by harnessing local solutions, say researchers

In the rural village of Téssékéré, the increasing number and intensity of droughts linked to climate change is making the lives and livelihoods of the local Fulani communities increasingly vulnerable. Here, in the northern Sahel desert region of.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 8th, 2024

Male locusts serve as parasols for females during egg laying in the hot sun

A team of entomologists at Center National de Lutte Antiacridienne's Mauritanian National Desert Locust Center has found that male locusts will mount a female when she is laying eggs during the heat of day......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 8th, 2024

Plants have a backup plan to pass down accurate chromosome copies

Tending a garden is hard work. Imagine it from the plants' perspective. Each relies on fine-tuned genetic processes to pass down accurate copies of chromosomes to future generations. These processes sometimes involve billions of moving parts. Even th.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 3rd, 2024

Bioinspired yarn can harvest water from fog

Scientists have developed a bioinspired yarn capable of harvesting water from fog, providing an innovative solution to water scarcity in arid regions. By imitating the alternating hydrophobic and hydrophilic patterns seen in desert beetles and the wa.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 30th, 2024

What JD Vance did in Iraq, as told by the friend who served with him

What JD Vance did in Iraq, as told by the friend who served with him.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsSep 30th, 2024

Reading desert sands—Indigenous wildlife tracking skills underpin vast monitoring project

As animals move across the desert, they leave tracks, diggings and droppings. For skilled trackers, reading these signs is like watching a movie. A story of who was there and what they were doing unfolds in front of them......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 29th, 2024

Study shows Mars" early thick atmosphere could be locked up in the planet"s clay surface

Mars wasn't always the cold desert we see today. There's increasing evidence that water once flowed on the red planet's surface, billions of years ago. And if there was water, there must also have been a thick atmosphere to keep that water from freez.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsSep 25th, 2024