A futuristic city could become home to millions of people in the middle of the United States desert. Entrepreneur Marc Lore has unveiled plans for a new city that would include 15-minute commutes, and farms built on skyscrapers. He hopes the city
Scientists have made a huge discovery in the Atamaca desert which could help in the search for life in space. The 105,000 square desert in Chile has extremely harsh conditions, with NASA able to perform specific experiments there due to it being
Huge swathes of a Central Asian country have been described as a “silent Chernobyl” after being turned into a vast desert covering thousands of square kilometres. Moreover dust from the huge man-made desert is causing serious environmental and health problems throughout large
Skies over southern Greece turned an orange hue on Tuesday as dust clouds blown across the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa engulfed the Acropolis and other Athens landmarks. Strong southerly winds carried the dust from the Sahara Desert, giving the atmosphere of
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The desert nation of the United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Wednesday from the heaviest rain ever recorded there after a deluge flooded out Dubai International Airport, disrupting flights through the world’s busiest airfield for
The U.N.’s migration agency expressed alarm Friday over the discovery of a mass grave containing the bodies of at least 65 migrants in the deserts of western Libya. Earlier this week, Libya’s criminal investigations authority reported the grave had been found in
Alfalfa plants sway under a thin veil of mist as towering irrigation equipment rolls above the crops, spraying the vast fields with water. It’s an important agricultural product in Mexico’s northern state of Coahuila, grown there for hundreds of years. Rich in
Rishi Sunak has been urged not to take farmers for granted (Image: GETTY) Voters will punish Rishi Sunak at the next general election if the Tories do not deliver for rural Britain, the Prime Minister has been warned. People living in the
Saudi Arabia is set to launch its first luxury train service by the end of 2025. The Middle Eastern country only started offering tourist visas in 2019, but has since set the ambitious goal to reach 150 million tourist visits by 2030.
House-building is a constant priority for governments, but this country has taken civil engineering to a new level in what’s considered the largest city-building project ever. A titanic task undertaken by the authorities in Saudi Arabia, the Jubail II project costs an