Porcelain. Levantine gold. Exotic animals. (A khan of Khiwa once ordered two water buffalo from Persia to be goaded across the Central Asian deserts to his walled city.) And of course God ...
For example, hot temperatures exceeding 50°C occur, whereas extremely cold temperatures of -20°C have been recorded in Asia's Gobi Desert. These extreme environments have led to numerous ...
The property also represents a considerable diversity of desert ecosystems, spanning a distance of more ... partes que se extienden por zonas áridas de las regiones templadas de Asia Central, entre el ...
the backbone of one of Asia’s most remarkable and unexpected ecosystems... In the far south of Oman, the Dhofar Mountains rise dramatically from the desert plains, forming the backbone of one of ...
Far from being barren wastelands, deserts are biologically rich habitats with a vast array of animals and plants that have adapted to the harsh conditions there. Some deserts are among the planet ...
The rift stretches from southeast Asia downwards through east Africa to ... provides some varied deserts. Believed by many geologists to be the oldest desert in the world, the Namib in Southern ...
Desert plants' clever survival trick: Two dormancy cycles a year ensure survival in harsh conditions
More information: Ruru Guo et al, Semiannual dormancy cycling results in two seedling cohorts of annual species in the cold desert of Central Asia, Journal of Ecology (2025). DOI: 10.1111/1365 ...
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