Below-average rainfall and insufficient water in the Euphrates and Tigris rivers have left Iraq bone dry for a second straight year, wrecking swaths of farm land, threatening drinking water supplies ...

Since 1978, China has planted more than 66 billion trees along its 2,800-mile-long northern border, and it wants to plant 34 ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Baghdad: A sandstorm blanketed parts of the Middle East on Monday, including Iraq, Syria and Iran, sending people to hospitals and ...

Despite spring’s retreat, Egypt finds itself bracing for even more sandstorms and rain that will threaten respiratory health and transform driving into a perilous endeavor due to diminished visibility ...

Western sections of the Great Wall of China are being reduced to "mounds of dirt" by sandstorms and may disappear entirely in 20 years, a report said Wednesday. The reasons for the deterioration are ...

The sidewinder moves diagonally across sand, leaving minimal tracks and blending with the desert floor during blinding sandstorms. The oryx uses pale fur to blend into sandy landscapes, moving slowly ...

2003-03-18 04:00:00 PDT Tactical Area Coyote, Kuwait-- The wind came out of nowhere. One minute, I was sitting outside, laptop computer on my knees and satellite phone at my feet, looking at a bright, ...

High Winds and Sandstorms Prompt Beijing to Cancel Hundreds of Flights and Close Parks BEIJING (AP) — High winds and the threat of sandstorms Saturday prompted Beijing to cancel hundreds of flights ...

PARIS, France - Sandstorms have engulfed the Middle East in recent days, in a phenomenon experts warn could proliferate because of climate change, putting human health at grave risk. At least 4,000 ...

Orange skies signaled yet another dusty day for millions of Iraqis. It was the seventh such storm in recent months, and experts say more are on the way. By Isabella Kwai An unrelenting spate of ...