Can you build data centers in a desert without draining the water supply? Utah is finding out.
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I visited the largest collection of public telescopes in the US in Oregon’s high desert, and the dark skies blew me away
SUNRIVER, Oregon — Perfectly perched amid an expansive plateau of sagebrush, Ponderosa pines, and juniper…
Ancient human artefacts found near caves in Arabian desert
A cave near a site of ancient human occupation in the Arabian desertCourtesy Huw S.…
Satellites are helping protect critically endangered desert elephants. Here’s how
Drought is forcing Namibian desert elephants to seek water near human settlements. But human encounters…
Rare snowfall in Atacama Desert forces the world’s most powerful radio telescope into ‘survival mode’
A rare snowfall in the driest place on Earth has halted operations of one of…
AI discovers hundreds of ancient Nazca drawings in Peruvian desert
A 22-metre-long drawing depicting a killer whale holding a knifeMasato Sakai Hundreds of ancient drawings…
‘An oasis in the desert’: NASA’s Curiosity rover finds pure sulfur in Martian rocks
NASA's Curiosity rover has discovered an abundance of pure sulfur on Mars after it recently…
A Mountain of Used Clothes Appeared in Chile’s Desert. Then It Went Up in Flames
As Bloomberg reported in May, New York, California, Sweden, and the Netherlands are developing legislation…
A mountain of clothes appeared in Chile’s desert. Then it went up in flames.
This story was produced by Grist and co-published with El País. Reporting was supported by the Joan Konner…
Microbes in Atacama desert’s lost lagoons may mirror early life on Mars
A patchwork of crystal-clear lagoons and vast salt plains in Argentina's Puna de Atacama desert…