On the evening of Nov. 29, on the leading edge of Indiana’s first substantial snow of the season, they got together in person ...

Even in a normal year, Burning Man in Nevada can have an apocalyptic feel to it. This year, it really did look that way as a strong windstorm ripped through the desert festival. Roughly 50 mph winds ...

A freak wave of storms barreled through the Southwest Thursday, pelting Phoenix with enough icy chunks to turn chunks of Interstate 10 into something straight out of a winter postcard. Imagine ...

Pianist and musician Natasha Marin tunes to the sounds of Joshua Tree on her latest album, Songs of the Desert.

Discover the fascinating story behind the Jiuquan Wind Power Base in China's Gobi Desert. As the world's largest planned wind ...

Deserts exist on each continent and cover more than 20% of the Earth’s land area. Any place that receives less than 10 inches of rain per year is a desert. Deserts are home to a billion people as of ...

Deserts are often dismissed as too harsh, too barren, too empty to be worth exploring, and that might be the greatest ...

Southern Californians are bracing for a windstorm described as “life-threatening” and “destructive” Tuesday, with isolated wind gusts expected to reach as high as 80 miles per hour and faster in some ...

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — For a tournament that bills itself as a tennis paradise, Indian Wells has a tendency to bring some Old Testament elements to the sport in the California desert. The sun that ...

The Tibetan Plateau Desert is the highest desert in the world, located above 4,500 metres in Tibet. Learn its elevation, ...