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Homo erectus, not sapiens, first humans to survive desert: study
An AI reconstruction of Homo erectus - the first known human to walk fully upright looking at cave paintings
Homo erectus, not sapiens, first humans to survive desert: studyScience

Homo erectus, not sapiens, first humans to survive desert: study

Paris, France | AFP Our ancestor Homo erectus was able to survive punishingly hot and dry desert more than a million years ago, according to…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJanuary 17, 2025 Full article
Image of the day: The Dhofar Mountains, Oman
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Image of the day: The Dhofar Mountains, OmanNews

Image of the day: The Dhofar Mountains, Oman

The Dhofar Mountains in southern Oman are home to the desert cloud forest, a unique ecosystem supporting a rich diversity of wildlife. During the monsoon…
SourceSourceNovember 17, 2024 Full article
Flooding: the unexpected biggest threat to deserts
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Flooding: the unexpected biggest threat to desertsScience

Flooding: the unexpected biggest threat to deserts

A new study from the University of Southern California (USC) Viterbi School of Engineering, in collaboration with the University of Paris Cité, has revealed a…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreSeptember 10, 2024 Full article
Understanding the Green Sahara’s collapse
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Understanding the Green Sahara’s collapseClimateScience

Understanding the Green Sahara’s collapse

By Technical University of Munich (TUM) From the last ice age until around 6000 years ago, the region now known as the Sahara Desert was…
SourceSourceJune 17, 2024 Full article
Airborne technology brings new hope to map shallow aquifers in Earth’s most arid deserts
Airborne technology brings new hope to map shallow aquifers in Earth’s most arid desertsScience

Airborne technology brings new hope to map shallow aquifers in Earth’s most arid deserts

By University of Southern California Airborne sounding radars can perform comprehensive mapping within a few hours compared to existing in-situ methods that would take a…
SourceSourceMay 17, 2024 Full article