Thanks to increased accessibility to water and energy, the Thar Desert is now the most populated desert on Earth.

India’s Thar Desert, one of the hottest and driest regions on Earth, is undergoing a surprising transformation. Over the past two decades, this arid expanse has seen a remarkable 38% increase in ...

India will experience higher than normal number of heatwaves in the next two months The April-June summer season will be ...

Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar-led research suggests climate change, increased monsoon rainfall and expanded groundwater pumping have driven substantial vegetation growth in the Thar ...

Deserts have a well deserved reputation for being known as desolate wastelands but one is bucking the trend as it has become ...

Many deserts face worsening droughts, but India's Thar Desert has become 38% greener in the past 20 years due to increased ...

Bada bagh cenotaphs (Hindu tomb mausoleum) made of sandstone in Indian Thar desert. Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India. Horizontal panning Indian woman collecting water from a well, desert village, Rajasthan ...

The Thar Desert, also called the Great Indian Desert, spans 77,000 square miles (200,000 square kilometers) in northwestern India and southeastern Pakistan. Although many deserts throughout the ...