Tag: desert
Desert landscape vs. greenery – huge differences as extreme heat hits California
The Coachella Valley in California is home to many Mexican migrant workers. Despite the heat, they work ten hours straight on date or vegetable plantations. Many of them live in…
A NASA probe is scheduled to drop material from the solar system’s early twilight on the Utah desert today
This is the first batch of samples brought from the surface of an asteroid by NASA and the largest batch of samples brought from space since the Apollo missions. The…
Libya is mostly desert, yet thousands of people died in the flood
At least 30,000 people lost their homes in the floods in the coastal city of Derna in eastern Libya, the UN estimates. There are more than 5,000 fatalities. Bodies are…
Unique find in desert cave by the Dead Sea: Four Roman swords
The swords, estimated to be 1,900 years old, are believed by researchers to have been hidden in the cave by Jewish rebels during an uprising against the Roman Empire in…
Unique find in desert cave: Four Roman swords
full screen Four Roman swords and a spearhead have been found during an excavation in a cave in Israel. Photo: Ohad Zwigenberg/AP/TT Archaeologists have made a rare find of four…
What’s under the desert sand?
The sandstorm that arrives in France comes from the Sahara desert. But do you know what hides under this sand in the desert? Many more things than you think! You’ve…
Burning Man revelers stuck in the mud finally get home – a huge car worm wanders through the desert
In Nevada, USA, the party of up to 70,000 people was interrupted by heavy rain. One person died during the event, but the cause was reportedly not related to the…
There’s a mountain of clothing so huge you can see it from space in the Chilean desert – see what it’s all about
A huge amount of used and unsold, new clothes are brought to Chile every year. Journalist Sara Salmi shows what kind of fast fashion graveyard a large part of clothes…
a single tricolor medal that does not hide the desert one year before the Olympics
On Sunday August 27, the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest ended with good news for the French delegation which won a silver medal in the men’s 4 x 400…
Over a thousand migrants forcibly displaced from Tunisia to desert areas
Tunisia has become a hub for migrants and asylum seekers trying to reach Europe. But in Tunisia they are not welcome, nor in Algeria or Libya. Security forces have this…