Norwegian scientist Kristian Morten Olesen has patented a process to mix nano-particles of clay with water and bind them to sand particles to condition desert soil - he has been working on Liquid ...

A low tech and sustainable solution to holding back advancing desert sands in eastern Saudi Arabia could help farming ...

This book provides a state-of-the-art review of the characteristics of desert dunes and their sediments, and explores their dynamics on timescales from days to millennia as they respond to changes in ...

the sand dunes in an area of the county are widely spaced and ordinary straw checkerboards -- where straw is placed in a checkerboard pattern on the desert surface to fix the dunes -- are easily ...