Desert

Rocket Factory Is Under The Risk Of Desert Fire In San Fernando

A rockect factory in San Fernando is in the risk of getting on fire due to the recent desert fire in north western region of Los Angeles, the fire is being worsed by continuous heavy hot desert winds//. Most of the homes and Business establishments have been evacuated in that region and the rocket factory which is considered to be highly toxic is in the risk of getting on fire. Fire fighters and...

Milking the ship of the desert for 'white gold'

An Israeli scientist wants to turn camel milk, a healthier option than cow's milk, into the "white gold" of the desert. The practised method of milking normally yields some 1.5 litres of milk per camel a day - much less than the yield of 20 litres produced by cows. //Yagil, however, says he has developed a method that yields at least 15 litres per camel a day. Traditionally...

Milking the ship of the desert for 'white gold'

An Israeli scientist wants to turn camel milk, a healthier option than cow's milk, into the 'white gold' of the desert.The practised method of milking normally yields// some 1.5 litres of milk per camel a day - much less than the yield of 20 litres produced by cows. Yagil, however, says he has developed a method that yields at least 15 litres per camel a day. Traditionally seen as r...

Melioidosis Disease Warning After Heavy Desert Rain

The Northern Territory's Health Department Experts have warned about the killer tropical disease melioidosis after the recent flooding in central Australia.// There have been 10 cases of the disease in the heavy monsoonal rain regions of Central Australia during the past decade, including one death. While the desert clean-up continues after last week's torrential downpours, lo...

Common Desert Shrub may Increase Longevity

A study on mice has shown that a synthetic derivative of a common North American desert shrub, creosote, may help boost the odds of living longer. University of Michigan scientist Richard A. Miller says that the compound derived from creosote is called NDGA. While presenting the preliminary results of the study at the annual meeting of the American Aging Association,...

Desertification, a Major Threat, Says UN

The United Nations is pressing ahead with its campaign against pollution and global warming, whatever George W Bush or other skeptics might say. It has now come out with a report warning that desertification represents one of the "greatest environmental challenge of our times" and could set off mass migrations of people fleeing degraded homelands. The report called on gover...

Desert Droughts Shorten Mountain Snow Cover, Reveals Study

A new study by American geologists has indicated that wind blown dust from drought-stricken and disturbed lands in the Southwest can shorten the duration of mountain snow cover hundreds of miles away in the Colorado mountains by roughly a month. The study found that seasonal snow coverage in the sub-alpine and alpine areas of the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado disappea...