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Sandstorm threatens Chinese people
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Sandstorm threatens Chinese people

China has a quarter of the desert area and currently, the rapid desertification process has threatened the existence of some areas of China. Many villages near the deser…

December 16, 2018
Amazon forests are at risk of turning into desert
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Amazon forests are at risk of turning into desert

Brazilian researchers have warned that a warmer global climate could kill the world's largest tropical forest, turning the Amazon into a desert from now until the end of…

December 16, 2018
Sonoran melody
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Sonoran melody

There is a land called the desert but its appearance is not like a desert at all. It is the Sonoran desert in northwestern Mexico, bordering Arizona (USA). Sonoran is fo…

December 16, 2018
Where has the Sahara Desert been?
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Where has the Sahara Desert been?

According to research results, several thousand years ago, in the position of the Sahara desert today encompasses a humid climate, there are many large rivers and lakes,…

December 16, 2018
Dig ecological ponds to protect the environment
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Dig ecological ponds to protect the environment

Currently, land degradation and desertification are one of the worrisome issues facing people. One of the effective anti-desertification solutions that Ninh Thuan provin…

December 16, 2018
Desert climate
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Desert climate

The desert climate is extremely dry, lying on latitudes, so the temperature in the regions varies greatly. Based on latitude, people are divided into low latitude desert…

December 16, 2018
Atacama Desert - Mars on Earth
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Atacama Desert - Mars on Earth

Arid and deserted with bacteria, land in the Atacama Desert (Chile), one of the oldest, driest deserts in the world, very similar to the gravel-red soil on Mars. This fi…

December 16, 2018
Spectacular waves on the rocky mountains
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Spectacular waves on the rocky mountains

After more than 190 million years of formation, the sand dunes that turned into rocky mountains with persistent erosion of the wind formed countless soft curves like wav…

December 16, 2018
No one dared to set foot in the middle of New York
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No one dared to set foot in the middle of New York

Just less than 2km from Manhattan - one of the most densely populated places in the world - less than 2 kilometers away, a small, unknown island has been abandoned for a…

December 16, 2018
Huge hairy spider in the desert
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Huge hairy spider in the desert

With its large body, the ability to run fast and jump very high, camel spider is the frightening threat of many animals.

December 16, 2018