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• Select The Arab desert in American poetic discourse

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  The Arab desert in American poetic discourse

  Author:Naglaa Saad M. HassanFrom:Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics (Issue 33) Peer-Reviewed

  Annual 201398 words Abstract, Brief arti... 1450LSince pre-Islamic times, the Arab desert has been a central setting, theme, and motif in Arabic poetry. But how is the Arab desert viewed in American poetic discourse? Starting with a survey of the position of the...
• Select War of a Thousand Deserts: Indian Raids and the U.S.-Mexican War

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  War of a Thousand Deserts: Indian Raids and the U.S.-Mexican War

  Author:Jeffrey P. ShepherdFrom:Journal of Southern History (Vol. 78, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 20121,567 words Book review 1560LWar of a Thousand Deserts: Indian Raids and the U.S.-Mexican War. By Brian DeLay. Lamar Series in Western History. (New Haven and London: Published by Yale University Press in association with the William P. Clements...
• Select LETTER: Suggestions for a more magical, literate London

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  LETTER: Suggestions for a more magical, literate London

  From:Design Week

  June 18, 2009229 words Brief article, Lette... 1200LYour recent Voxpop (DW 11 June) posed the question, 'If you could design one thing to benefit the capital, what would it be?' London needs a floating desert island to drift down the River Thames, stopping at random,...
• Select Arab/American; landscape, culture, and cuisine in two great deserts

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  Arab/American; landscape, culture, and cuisine in two great deserts

  From:Reference & Research Book News (Vol. 23, Issue 2)

  May 2008104 words Book review, Brief a... 1440L9780816526598 Arab/American; landscape, culture, and cuisine in two great deserts. Nabhan, Gary Paul. U. of Arizona Press 2008 141 pages $17.95 Paperback F787 Arab-American Nabhan (U. of...
• Select The sprawl of food deserts

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  The sprawl of food deserts

  Author:Nathaniel M. MeadFrom:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 116, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 2008641 words Report 1620LThe North American urban landscape has changed considerably over the past few decades with the advent of the automobile as the transportation mode of choice, Privatized mobility allowed wealthier people to move outward...
• Select Deserts, Lost History, Travel Stories

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  Deserts, Lost History, Travel Stories

  Author:NICHOLAS HOWEFrom:Southwest Review (Vol. 85, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Fall 20005,172 words Article Most travel books fall victim to the cliches of their time. In older examples, the author visits a place and then writes the desired setpiece: the harbor entrepot satisfies a taste for the seedy; the alpine vista...
• Select Satellite retrieval of aerosol microphysical and optical parameters using neural networks: a new methodology applied to the Sahara desert dust peak

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  Satellite retrieval of aerosol microphysical and optical parameters using neural networks: a new methodology applied to the Sahara desert dust peak

  Authors:M. Taylor, S. Kazadzis, A. Tsekeri, A. Gkikas, and V. AmiridisFrom:Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (Vol. 7, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 26, 201431 words Brief article Byline: M. Taylor, S. Kazadzis, A. Tsekeri, A. Gkikas, V. Amiridis To access, purchase, authenticate, or subscribe to the full-text of this article, please visit this link:...
• Select Course catalog

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  Course catalog

  From:University Business (Vol. 20, Issue 9)

  Sept. 2017128 words Brief article 1380LURBS 331 - Food and the City Taught by Douglas Cremer, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Woodbury University, California "One of the most contentious issues shaping urban studies is...
• Select Fuelling in front of the barrier-are there age based behavioral differences in Garden Warblers Sylvia borin?

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  Fuelling in front of the barrier-are there age based behavioral differences in Garden Warblers Sylvia borin?

  Authors:Christos Barboutis, Ian Henshaw, Cecilia Kullberg, Stamatina Nikolopoulou, and Thord FranssonFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 25, 20145,227 words Article 1430LAuthor(s): Christos Barboutis (1), Ian Henshaw (2), Cecilia Kullberg (2), Stamatina Nikolopoulou (3), Thord Fransson (4) Introduction About 2 billion songbirds breeding in the Western Palearctic cross the Saharan...
• Select Study Data from University of Salamanca Update Understanding of Micromonospora (Uncovering the Potential of Novel Micromonosporae Isolated From an Extreme Hyper-arid Atacama Desert Soil)

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  Study Data from University of Salamanca Update Understanding of Micromonospora (Uncovering the Potential of Novel Micromonosporae Isolated From an Extreme Hyper-arid Atacama Desert Soil)

  From:Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week

  Apr. 27, 2019488 words Article 1650L2019 APR 27 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- Researchers detail new data in Gram-Positive Bacteria - Micromonospora. According to news reporting originating from...
• Select The Spacesuit--Time Continuum

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  The Spacesuit--Time Continuum

  From:The Wilson Quarterly (Vol. 43, Issue 1)

  Winter 20194,152 words Article 1310LAs NASA's missions evolve to reflect changing ambitions in space, a small army of specialists--from materials scientists to zipper-designers--craft the clothing that allows astronauts to stay alive and perform tasks...
• Select Dominant plants alter the microclimate along a fog gradient in the Atacama Desert.

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  Dominant plants alter the microclimate along a fog gradient in the Atacama Desert.

  Authors:Diego A. Sotomayor and Taly Dawn DreznerFrom:Plant Ecology (Vol. 220, Issue 4-5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 20198,091 words Article 1430LWe assessed the impact of fog on microclimate in a poorly understood fog desert under two common nurse plant species, at three sites: (1) foggy coast, (2) intermediate, and (3) above the main fog belt in the Atacama...
• Select Mcdadea: A New Genus of Acanthaceae Endemic to the Namib Desert of Southwestern Angola.

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  Mcdadea: A New Genus of Acanthaceae Endemic to the Namib Desert of Southwestern Angola.

  Author:Iain DarbyshireFrom:Systematic Botany (Vol. 45, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 20207,175 words Article 1390LAcanthaceae represent one of the most ecologically dominant families of plants in the Namib Desert and adjacent portions of Namibia and Angola yet have never been comprehensively treated from a taxonomic perspective in...
• Select Ecohydrology of urban trees under passive and active irrigation in a semiarid city.

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  Ecohydrology of urban trees under passive and active irrigation in a semiarid city.

  Authors:Anthony M. Luketich, Shirley A. Papuga, Michael A. Crimmins, and Zhihua WangFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 14, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 8, 20197,919 words Article 1530LThe infiltration of stormwater runoff for use by urban trees is a major co-benefit of green infrastructure for desert cities with limited water resources. However, the effects of this passive irrigation versus regular,...
• Select A BOLD VISION FOR THE DRY AREAS.

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  A BOLD VISION FOR THE DRY AREAS.

  Author:Aly AbousabaaFrom:New Medit (Vol. 17, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 2018990 words Article 1410LThis summer, the Sahara Desert community of Ouargla in Algeria set a record for the hottest temperature in Africa (51[degrees]C). In the non-tropical dry areas where ICARDA works, we are becoming accustomed to record...
• Select Carabid beetles of the environs of Lake Elton: fauna, population dynamics, demography.

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  Carabid beetles of the environs of Lake Elton: fauna, population dynamics, demography.

  Authors:Kirill Makarov and Andrey MatalinFrom:Biodiversity Data Journal (Issue 1/2) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 10, 20202,844 words Article 1560LAbstract Background The present paper includes the results of a year-round pitfall trapping survey of ground beetles in the region of Lake Elton, Volgograd Area, Russia. The main objectives of the project lie in...
• Select A NEW WAY TO TRACK THE SAHARA'S CLIMATE HISTORY.

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  A NEW WAY TO TRACK THE SAHARA'S CLIMATE HISTORY.

  From:Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (Vol. 100, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 2019538 words Article 1560LWhile it's difficult to imagine the Sahara Desert as anything but dry and barren, fossils and other evidence indicate that for periods of history it was verdant and full of life. Past analyses of sediment cores taken...
• Select The composition of endolithic communities in gypcrete is determined by the specific microhabitat architecture.

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  The composition of endolithic communities in gypcrete is determined by the specific microhabitat architecture.

  Authors:María Cristina Casero, Victoria Meslier, Jocelyne DiRuggiero, Antonio Quesada, Carmen Ascaso, Octavio Artieda, et al.From:Biogeosciences (Vol. 18, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 10, 2021306 words Brief article Endolithic microhabitats have been described as the last refuge for life in arid and hyper-arid deserts where life has to deal with harsh environmental conditions. A number of rock substrates from the hyper-arid Atacama...
• Select Inventory of African desert dust events in the north-central Iberian Peninsula in 2003-2014 based on sun-photometer-AERONET and particulate-mass-EMEP data

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  Inventory of African desert dust events in the north-central Iberian Peninsula in 2003-2014 based on sun-photometer-AERONET and particulate-mass-EMEP data

  Authors:Victoria E. Cachorro, Maria A. Burgos, David Mateos, Carlos Toledano, and Yasmine BennounaFrom:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Vol. 16, Issue 13) Peer-Reviewed

  July 8, 2016534 words Brief article A reliable identification of desert dust (DD) episodes over north-central Spain is carried out based on the AErosol RObotic NETwork (AERONET) columnar aerosol sun photometer (aerosol optical depth, AOD, and...
• Select Dietary Plasticity of Generalist and Specialist Ungulates in the Namibian Desert: A Stable Isotopes Approach

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  Dietary Plasticity of Generalist and Specialist Ungulates in the Namibian Desert: A Stable Isotopes Approach

  Authors:David Lehmann, John Kazgeba Elijah Mfune, Erick Gewers, Johann Cloete, Conrad Brain, and Christian Claus VoigtFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 16, 20138,290 words Article 1490LDesert ungulates live in adverse ecosystems that are particularly sensitive to degradation and global climate change. Here, we asked how two ungulate species with contrasting feeding habits, grazing gemsbok (Oryx g....