VICTORVILLE • High Desert air quality now meets a federal standard for ozone pollution, saving local businesses from potentially crippling fines. The Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District ...

Welcome to the Beehive Archive — your weekly bite-sized look at some of the most pivotal — and peculiar — events in Utah history. With all of the history and none of the dust, the Beehive Archive is a ...

The Desert Sun series “Poisoned Cities, Deadly Border" has been recognized as a finalist for the 2019 John B. Oakes Award for Distinguished Environmental Journalism. The four-part series, published in ...

LONDON -- European pollution and dust swirling in from the Sahara created a "perfect storm" of smog in Britain on Wednesday, prompting authorities to warn people with heart or lung conditions to cut ...

A solar power plant at the center of the Obama administration’s push to reduce America’s carbon footprint by using millions of taxpayer dollars to promote green energy has its own carbon pollution ...

As scientists, we love the adventures often involved in scientific discovery. Recently, we had the chance to visit one of the most beautiful places in the California Desert as part of a new project.

Birds fly over the wetland of Tengger Desert in Zhongwei, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Sept. 15, 2011.[Photo/Xinhua] PASSING THE VERDICT in the Tengger Desert pollution case, the ...

When Eduardo Unda-Sanzana arrived in Chile’s Atacama Desert to teach astronomy, the darkness was disorienting. The remote location of the small observatory at Catholic University of the North made it ...

At the beginning of the year, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the Middle East ranks among the regions with the worst air quality. There is a common misconception that desert dust is ...

Here's how to plan a trip to Chile's Atacama Desert, with expert recommendations on where to stay, what to do, and the best ...