If indeed it is true that the cities of the world produce about 70% of the CO 2 present in the atmosphere and that forests and woods absorb 40%, increasing wooded areas around and within the world ...

Human Activities In Arid Urban Environments Can Affect Rainfall And Water Cycle Date: June 19, 2006 Source: University of Georgia Summary: A study by a climatologist in the department of geography ...

They measured traits related to the concentration of 14 chemical elements in plant leaves, the leaf and plant size, and the leaf carbon economy (leaf area and leaf dry matter).

[Related: A new study explains the origin of mysterious ‘fairy circles’ in the desert.] These soil shapes occur in arid areas of the Earth, where nutrients and water are generally scarce.

Cultural Landscape of Maymand Maymand is a self-contained, semi-arid area at the end of a valley at the southern extremity of Iran’s central mountains. The villagers are semi-nomadic agro-pastoralists ...

The architecture of Casa 28 shows itself as an extension of the arid and exuberant landscape of the Cerrado. A variety of perspectives unfolds as you walk through the house.

‘When it comes to drought-tolerant fruit trees, fig trees are the undisputed superheroes of the arid landscape,’ says Maureen Wright, an expert at Fast Growing Trees.