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Strong desert winds lifting loose soil and sand creating dust storms

What Causes Dust Storms?

Rapid desert cooling under clear night sky

Why Deserts Cool Down Quickly

Flash flood sweeping across a dry desert riverbed and eroded canyon

Can Deserts Flood?

Desert temperature extremes depicted by scorching daytime heat and freezing nighttime temperatures

Temperature Extremes in Deserts

Assorted desert sand dunes including barchan linear star parabolic and dome formations

Types of Sand Dunes

Formation of sand dunes showing windblown ripples and layered sand in a desert

Formation of Sand Dunes

Vast salt flat desert landscape with cracked white crust and distant horizon

Salt Flat Deserts

Ancient desert landscape with weathered rock formations and sweeping sand dunes

The Oldest Deserts on Earth

Expansive salt flats sand dunes and cracked earth in a hyper arid desert landscape

The World’s Driest Deserts

Rocky desert pavement and gravel plains illustrating deserts without sand

Why Some Deserts Have No Sand

Comparison of rocky and sandy desert landscapes with boulders and dunes

Rock vs Sand Deserts

High altitude desert plateau with barren rocky terrain and sparse shrubs

High-Altitude Deserts

Vast continental interior desert landscape with dunes sparse vegetation and dry plains

Continental Interior Deserts

Rain shadow desert landscape with arid plains and leeward mountain silhouette

Rain Shadow Deserts

Aerial view of coastal desert meeting ocean with sand dunes and sparse vegetation

Coastal Deserts Explained

Polar desert with windswept snowfields scattered rocks and stark icy horizons

Polar Deserts Explained

Icy barren desert plain with sparse vegetation and distant snow capped dunes

Cold Deserts Explained

Hot deserts with rippled sand dunes and sparse scrub vegetation

Hot Deserts Explained

Evolving desert landscape illustrating dune formation and changing aridity

Did Deserts Always Exist?

The Future of Earth’s Drylands

Desert dust and dunes illustrating influence on global climate

How Deserts Influence Global Climate

Sand dunes and resilient desert plants illustrating desert myths and facts

Desert Myths and Facts

desert landscape with dunes rocky plateaus and sparse vegetation

The Geography of Deserts

Solar radiation warming desert sands and shaping dune surfaces

The Role of Solar Radiation in Deserts

Arid landscape illustrating how low annual rainfall defines a desert

How Much Rainfall Defines a Desert?

Dry cracked earth and sparse vegetation illustrating advancing desertification

What Makes a Landscape Become a Desert?

Subtropical high pressure and descending air forming deserts at 30 degrees latitude

Why Deserts Form at 30 Degrees Latitude

Aridity science illustration showing desert soil moisture evaporation and wind erosion

The Science of Aridity

Shifting sand dunes and eroded rock formations showing desert landscape changes over time

How Deserts Have Changed Through History

Desert seasons illustrated by changing light and sparse vegetation across dunes

Do Deserts Have Seasons?