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Environmental: Ecosystems
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Desert locusts remain a serious threat to Pakistan - Desert Locusts Remain a Serious Threat to Pakistan      (via sciencedaily.com) 

The recent Desert Locust upsurge had a major impact on Pakistan's agriculture, with swarms causing i ...

Environmental: Ecosystems
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Desert shrubs cranked up water use efficiency to survive a megadrought - Desert Shrubs Cranked Up Water Use Efficiency to Survive a Megadrought      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Shrubs in the desert Southwest have increased their water use efficiency at some of the highest rate ...

Biology: General Biology: Zoology
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Desert birds lay larger eggs when they have more helpers      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Desert birds lay larger eggs when they have more helpers to feed their chicks, new research shows. ...

Environmental: Ecosystems
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Deserts 'breathe' water vapor, study shows - Deserts 'Breathe' Water Vapor: A New Study Reveals How It Works      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Deserts may seem lifeless and inert, but they are very much alive. Sand dunes, in particular, grow a ...

Environmental: Ecosystems Offbeat: Earth and Climate
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How patterns emerge in salt deserts - How Patterns Emerge in Salt Deserts      (via sciencedaily.com) 

The honeycomb patterns which are often found in salt deserts in Death Valley, US, and Bolivia, among ...

Environmental: Ecosystems
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Study finds nearly half of U.S. counties have at least one 'pharmacy desert'      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Nearly half of counties in the United States have at least one 'pharmacy desert' where there is no r ...

Environmental: Ecosystems
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New insights into survival of ancient Western Desert peoples - New Insights into Survival of Ancient Western Desert Peoples      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Researchers have used more than two decades of satellite-derived environmental data to form hypothes...

Environmental: Ecosystems
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Solving a long-standing mystery about the desert's rock art canvas - Solving a Long-Standing Mystery About the Desert's Rock Art Canvas      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Petroglyphs are carved in a material called rock varnish, the origins of which have been debated for...

Paleontology: Early Mammals and Birds
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Mummified parrots point to trade in the ancient Atacama desert - Mummified Parrots Reveal Ancient Trade in the Atacama Desert      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Ancient Egyptians mummified cats, dogs, ibises and other animals, but closer to home in the South Am...

Anthropology: General Biology: Evolutionary Biology: General Ecology: Nature Paleontology: Dinosaurs Paleontology: Fossils Paleontology: General
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A lighthouse in the Gobi desert      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

A new study explores the weight great fossil sites have on our understanding of evolutionary relatio...