Below-average rainfall and insufficient water in the Euphrates and Tigris rivers have left Iraq bone dry for a second straight year, wrecking swaths of farm land, threatening drinking water supplies ...

The model, developed by scientists at the Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences' Lanzhou Institute of Arid Meteorology, began testing in Gansu province in late November, according to China ...

China is attempting one of the most ambitious climate and land restoration projects on Earth, turning a swath of its arid north into a living barrier of trees to hold back encroaching sand. The ...

The sidewinder moves diagonally across sand, leaving minimal tracks and blending with the desert floor during blinding sandstorms. The oryx uses pale fur to blend into sandy landscapes, moving slowly ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Baghdad: A sandstorm blanketed parts of the Middle East on Monday, including Iraq, Syria and Iran, sending people to hospitals and ...

Despite spring’s retreat, Egypt finds itself bracing for even more sandstorms and rain that will threaten respiratory health and transform driving into a perilous endeavor due to diminished visibility ...

PARIS, France - Sandstorms have engulfed the Middle East in recent days, in a phenomenon experts warn could proliferate because of climate change, putting human health at grave risk. At least 4,000 ...

Western sections of the Great Wall of China are being reduced to "mounds of dirt" by sandstorms and may disappear entirely in 20 years, a report said Wednesday. The reasons for the deterioration are ...

Orange skies signaled yet another dusty day for millions of Iraqis. It was the seventh such storm in recent months, and experts say more are on the way. By Isabella Kwai An unrelenting spate of ...

Recent sandstorms have brought a thick covering of yellow dust to cities from China to South Korea. Yellow dust is a seasonal problem for millions in North Asia, but this year the dust has been able ...