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Let Terry Tempest Williams Teach You How to Find Your Own Glorians

(Once you learn what a Glorian is and why you need them, of course.)

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

The Spiral Jetty, constructed by artist Robert Smithson in 1970, sits near the Great Salt Lake’s water on Aug. 1, 2021 in Utah. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Behind the Scenes: Uncovering the Secret Lives of Cacti and Fungi in the Sonoran Desert

By Kiley Price

A Gila monster is seen near Redrock, N.M. Credit: Anthony Pawlicki

Monsters in Trouble

By Tina Deines

Jinsu Elhance (left) and Justin Stewart, researchers with the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks, measure the distance between soil samples taken near a large saguaro cactus at Saguaro National Park in Arizona. Credit: John Burcham/SPUN

Searching for Hidden Fungi in the Sonoran Desert

By Wyatt Myskow

Cheridyn Egan washes a collard green at Borderlands Restoration Network’s Borderlands Earth Care Center on March 3 in Patagonia, Ariz. Credit: Wyatt Myskow/Inside Climate News

In Arizona’s Famed Sky Islands, Trump Administration’s Funding Freeze Stalls Crucial Conservation Work

By Wyatt Myskow

Márcio Aita Júnior and Senderson Laurido soar over crescent dunes in the Peruvian Sechura Desert using motorized paragliders. Credit: Mike Campbell-Jones

Watching Over a Fragile Desert From the Skies

By Humberto Basilio

A field of coconut trees cling to life as desertification advances around them in Icó-Mandantes, Brazil. Credit: Arnaldo Sete/MZ Conteúdo.

In Brazil’s Semi-Arid Region, Small Farmers Work Exhausted Lands, Hoping a New Government Will Revive the War on Desertification

Story by Giovanna Carneiro and Inácio França, Marco Zero Conteúdo

Sprawling dunes line the Oregon coastline. Credit: VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

The Oregon Coast Inspired the Novel ‘Dune.’ Does the Sci-Fi Tale Foreshadow Its Fate?

By Kiley Price

A Climate-Driven Decline of Tiny Dryland Lichens Could Have Big Global Impacts

By Bob Berwyn

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