The interior has low amounts of rainfall. Three-quarters of Australia's land is arid or semi arid. Areas that are fertile are used for grazing. The subtropical high-pressure belt moving from the north ...

The poet Dorothea Mackellar called Australia "a sunburnt country, a land … of droughts and flooding rains". Seventy per cent of the mainland is classed as arid or semi-arid, meaning it receives ...

Central Australia’s immense ‘outback’ is made up of semi-arid bush and deserts where temperatures can soar above 50°centigrade and it might not rain for years. This makes Australia the ...

Such landscapes prove difficult to restore and nearly 40% of the planet consists of semi-arid or arid land ... North and South America, and Australia. The knowledge gained through this research will ...

A highly flammable invasive grass that fuelled devastating fires in the Northern Territory and Hawaii is silently creeping ...

In Australia, snake activity follows distinct patterns in the ... A smaller proportion (13%) of species was predicted to expand their range, these being the semi-arid and arid-zone species. Among ...

Australia is famed for its sunny days and beautiful beaches ... From sun-drenched archipelagos and bustling urban cities to snowcapped mountains and semi-arid deserts, Spain epitomizes geographical ...

According to a preliminary assessment published by the UN Environment Programme the environmental impact of the war in Gaza ...

We don’t want Heimir Hallgrimsson to decide that the only way to prevent further suffering is to not risk anything.

In Australia, snake activity follows distinct ... of species was predicted to expand their range, these being the semi-arid and arid-zone species. Among commonly encountered species, red-bellied ...

In Australia, snake activity follows distinct ... of species was predicted to expand their range, these being the semi-arid and arid-zone species. Among commonly encountered species, red-bellied ...