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Science and Technology

Teen from Rajasthan Desert Village Builds Homemade Wind Turbine Generating 20 kWh Daily, Founds Startup Sunwind

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 25/06/2026 at 18:00

Science and Technology

In Somaliland’s Desert, Greenhouse Uses Sun and Seawater to Grow Lettuce, Cucumbers, and Tomatoes Without Rain: 1-Hectare Project Cools Crops, Desalinates Water, and Converts Brine into Commercial Salt

Carla Teles 23/06/2026 at 16:45

Interesting facts

Chinese woman planted trees for decades while sand buried part of her house, received $5,000 from an American in 1999, and helped transform the desert into a forest of 8 million trees in China.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 18/06/2026 at 23:16

Science and Technology

China took 46 years to surround its largest desert with a 3,000-kilometer green belt, but the megaproject against sandstorms still faces drought, low tree survival, and advancing desertification in the Taklamakan.

Carla Teles 17/06/2026 at 15:41

Interesting facts

Father said it was impossible, and a storm buried the first crop overnight, but today a young Chinese man harvests alfalfa up to six times a year on 1,530 hectares of the Taklimakan Desert.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 16/06/2026 at 23:38

Science and Technology

Ditches found by satellite in the desert between the Nile River and the Red Sea reveal mass graves with human and animal bones, indicating an organized nomadic society before the formation of Pharaonic Egypt.

Carla Teles 13/05/2026 at 15:29

Interesting facts

Egypt wants to transform sand into farmland with a new artificial river in the desert, but experts warn that the water could disappear into the soil before turning into cheap food.

Flavia Marinho 09/05/2026 at 18:02

Science and Technology

Desert dust acts as a thermal blanket and can heat the Earth twice as much as models estimated.

Fabio Lucas Carvalho 29/04/2026 at 23:17

Interesting facts

Two giant deserts were about to merge and swallow the last oasis between them in northern China, but in 2004 a group of volunteers started planting trees, and 22 years later the region was reborn and became a tourist destination.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 22/04/2026 at 00:52

Construction

While deserts are seen as unproductive areas, Morocco built the Noor Ouarzazate solar complex, one of the largest in the world, capable of supplying millions of people using only solar energy.

Felipe Alves da Silva 18/04/2026 at 17:17

Interesting facts

São Paulo and the Atacama are at the same latitude: what separates a metropolis of 22 million people from a desert is a forest 3,000 km away.

Bruno Teles 18/04/2026 at 01:31

Science and Technology

Wadi Rum, in Jordan, features mountains and sandstone massifs that reach about 1,700 meters in altitude in a red labyrinth visible from space, houses inscriptions and human traces dating back up to 12,000 years, and transforms one of the most arid deserts on the planet into a geological and archaeological archive shaped by millions of years of erosion.

Débora Araújo 16/04/2026 at 15:26

Teen from Rajasthan Desert Village Builds Homemade Wind Turbine Generating 20 kWh Daily, Founds Startup Sunwind

In Somaliland’s Desert, Greenhouse Uses Sun and Seawater to Grow Lettuce, Cucumbers, and Tomatoes Without Rain: 1-Hectare Project Cools Crops, Desalinates Water, and Converts Brine into Commercial Salt

Chinese woman planted trees for decades while sand buried part of her house, received $5,000 from an American in 1999, and helped transform the desert into a forest of 8 million trees in China.

China took 46 years to surround its largest desert with a 3,000-kilometer green belt, but the megaproject against sandstorms still faces drought, low tree survival, and advancing desertification in the Taklamakan.

Father said it was impossible, and a storm buried the first crop overnight, but today a young Chinese man harvests alfalfa up to six times a year on 1,530 hectares of the Taklimakan Desert.

Ditches found by satellite in the desert between the Nile River and the Red Sea reveal mass graves with human and animal bones, indicating an organized nomadic society before the formation of Pharaonic Egypt.

Egypt wants to transform sand into farmland with a new artificial river in the desert, but experts warn that the water could disappear into the soil before turning into cheap food.

Desert dust acts as a thermal blanket and can heat the Earth twice as much as models estimated.

Two giant deserts were about to merge and swallow the last oasis between them in northern China, but in 2004 a group of volunteers started planting trees, and 22 years later the region was reborn and became a tourist destination.

While deserts are seen as unproductive areas, Morocco built the Noor Ouarzazate solar complex, one of the largest in the world, capable of supplying millions of people using only solar energy.

São Paulo and the Atacama are at the same latitude: what separates a metropolis of 22 million people from a desert is a forest 3,000 km away.

Manchester Builds 40 Furnished Homes for the Homeless Under Railway Arches, Complete with Community Hall, Laundry, Garden, and Sports Court

1,700-Year-Old Roman Mosaic Discovered by Farmer Planting Cherry Trees in Turkey

Chinese Teen Wins Gold in Germany for Invention Turning Air Moisture into Underground Irrigation in Drought-Stricken Areas

Sixth-grader in Miami wins Lemelson Young Inventor Prize for creating water-absorbing concrete using discarded oyster shells and charcoal.

Brazilian Mother and Homemaker Becomes Bioconstructor, Builds 24-Ton Earth Dome and Teaches Technique Across Argentina

India Begins Drilling Massive Twin Tunnel Under National Park to Cut Mumbai Commute by 12 km and Save Up to 1 Hour

Lucy, the 3.2-million-year-old fossil that reshaped our understanding of human origins, makes a rare journey from Ethiopia to Abu Dhabi.