India's Thar Desert has become 38% greener over the past 20 years, driven by a combination of climate change and agricultural expansion, according to a new study. The past two decades have seen ...

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As Live Science reports, research published in the journal Cell Reports Sustainability shows that the Thar Desert (a.k.a. the Great Indian Desert) in northwestern India and southeastern Pakistan ...

A woman and her two children draw water from a well in the Thar Desert, also known as the Great Indian Desert. | Credit: Royalty-free via Getty Images India's Thar Desert has become 38% greener ...

Most people have never heard of, much less been to, the Thar Desert. At 85,000 square miles it is about half the size of California and the smallest of Earth’s nine great deserts. About two ...

Thar Desert, also known as the Great Indian Desert, is a region of immense natural beauty and cultural richness. It offers a variety of attractions and experiences for travelers who are looking to ...

JAISALMER, India — “Mind the cows,” Little Raj warned as he led me past souvenir stalls through a maze of stone passageways to the home where his great ... town in the Thar desert, 100 ...

We have galloped a mile through the Great Thar Desert in Rajasthan, northwest India. I grit my teeth and hug the neck of my sturdy Marwari horse as it races up a steep dune. We pause at the crest ...

The Thar desert on India’s northwest periphery is ... Indian gazelle or chinkara, desert fox, and the great Indian bustard, among many others. It is a fragile ecosystem where humans survived ...