Scientists have described the date palm as a keystone species for the ingenious three-tiered ... air canals in the desert, this irrigation canal leading to Tighmert Oasis requires constant ...

For decades, water pumped from beneath the California desert has flowed to an oasis ... the past three years of drought, less imported water has been seeping into the aquifer in the Palm Springs ...

These sprawling canyons boast the largest reserve of majestic desert palm trees in the world, hikes amid stunning waterfalls, ...

about an hour south of San Francisco, to the desert community of Palm Springs, where friends had recently moved to escape big-city life in the Bay Area. “After three days of this trip, ...

The date palm tree remains one of the region’s most important cultivated crops. Photograph by Matthieu Paley AlUla’s oasis was formed by a wadi, a desert ... developed a three-layer farming ...

the Coachella Valley oasis is now on the market in the exclusive Ironwood Country Club community about 15 miles from Palm Springs for $13.5 million. One of several California desert properties ...

Since the inhabitants of Jemna in southern Tunisia wrested control of their 100-year-old palm grove from the state ... lives have radically improved. The desert town—where the palms produce ...