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The Aral Sea Disaster Has Started What Could Be the Greatest Migration Crisis of Modern Times
Environment

The Aral Sea Disaster Has Started What Could Be the Greatest Migration Crisis of Modern Times

April 7, 2025

This is Part 2 of a two-part series looking at the Aral Sea recovery projects and the future of…

What I Saw on the Front Lines of the World’s Worst Man-Made Environmental Disaster
Travel Dispatches

What I Saw on the Front Lines of the World’s Worst Man-Made Environmental Disaster

April 1, 2025April 1, 2025

It was as a dissatisfied and corralled tourist that I laid eyes upon the Aral Sea remnant for the…

The Famous Aral Sea Disaster Is Only at Half Time
Environment

The Famous Aral Sea Disaster Is Only at Half Time

March 26, 2025April 7, 2025

This is Part 1 of a two-part series looking at the Aral Sea recovery projects and the future of…

Life Is Full of Surprises in Karakalpakstan, Central Asia’s “Sixth Stan”
Travel

Life Is Full of Surprises in Karakalpakstan, Central Asia’s “Sixth Stan”

March 20, 2025

Karakalpakstan is a mouthful to say, one which has to be said a bit slowly so your friends don’t…

UNESCO Heritage Sites Class of 2023: Central Asia Winning Out
Travel

UNESCO Heritage Sites Class of 2023: Central Asia Winning Out

September 25, 2023August 2, 2024

The 45th Session of the World Heritage Committee took place in Riyadh from the 10th to the 25th of…

Choosing Ancienne Over Avantgard With a Journey Through the Dahar, Tunisia
ArchivesTravel

Choosing Ancienne Over Avantgard With a Journey Through the Dahar, Tunisia

January 24, 2023July 17, 2023

In southeast Tunisia lies a landscape marriage between generations of subsistence human activity and the desert ecosystem; as artificial…

Date Palms Built the Modern Adventure Captial of the Tunisian Sahara
ArchivesTravel

Date Palms Built the Modern Adventure Captial of the Tunisian Sahara

January 4, 2023June 30, 2023

Tozeur, a city in the south of Tunisia is probably one of the most unique to be found anywhere…

Dahar: One of the Best Regions in North Africa
ArchivesTravel Dispatches

Dahar: One of the Best Regions in North Africa

December 13, 2022June 30, 2023

I’m by no means an expert in North Africa, but as my trip in Tunisia reached a half-way point,…

Modernity Without Progress or Tradition
ArchivesTravel Dispatches

Modernity Without Progress or Tradition

November 22, 2022June 30, 2023

In Tunisia I can only say that I observed a strange society that had seemingly severed most links to…

Tiny Collections of Lichen and Microbes May Keep Half the World’s Dust From Blowing Away
ArchivesEarth Sciences

Tiny Collections of Lichen and Microbes May Keep Half the World’s Dust From Blowing Away

May 16, 2022October 28, 2023

If you go to a national park in one of America’s deserts, you may see signs on the hiking…

Rissani: The Little-Known City of Kings, Dates, and Caravans in the Moroccan Sahara
ArchivesTravel

Rissani: The Little-Known City of Kings, Dates, and Caravans in the Moroccan Sahara

May 5, 2022July 5, 2023

Go to a bus station in Fes after dark. Tell them you want to go to Rissani, and then…

Legislation Creating the Nation’s 64th National Park Passes Senate
ArchivesTravel

Legislation Creating the Nation’s 64th National Park Passes Senate

April 1, 2022July 20, 2023

Introduced by Senator Mark Kelly (D – AZ) a resolution creating the nation’s 64th National Park: Chiricahua National Park…

Rain in the Desert
ArchivesTravel Dispatches

Rain in the Desert

November 30, 2021June 30, 2023

PC: Andrew Corbley © Regarding the human experience, I always say that it’s best and most productive when you…

Glimpse Traditional Moroccan Life with These Three Non-Tourist Destinations
ArchivesTravel

Glimpse Traditional Moroccan Life with These Three Non-Tourist Destinations

November 29, 2021August 12, 2023

Story at a glance… As the most-visited African country, it can be hard to dodge the tourist traps in…

Travel in Almeria: A Hub for Andalusian Adventure
Discovery & Travel

Travel in Almeria: A Hub for Andalusian Adventure

October 6, 2021

PUNTA BAJA, Almeria, Spain. October 3rd, 2021. PICTURED: Sunrise over the volcanic sea cliffs and inlets of Cabo de…

Andalusian Adventures
ArchivesTravel Dispatches

Andalusian Adventures

October 5, 2021June 30, 2023

The beauty of southern Spain is comprised of many things which I love dearly. Chief among these delights were…

Why Are China And Africa Building Giant Walls Of Trees?
Environment

Why Are China And Africa Building Giant Walls Of Trees?

November 5, 2019

Desertification – a phenomenon that for the longest time was associated with deserts, is actually much more to do…

Eager to Join Trump’s Space Marines? Consider Visiting Capitol Reef National Park
Travel

Eager to Join Trump’s Space Marines? Consider Visiting Capitol Reef National Park

February 26, 2019

AUGUST, 2017 – CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK: President Trump’s enthusiasm for his “Space Force,” the proposed sixth branch of…


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Houthis Defeat the Americans, Claim Destruction of Another F/A-18 and Strike Israel with Drones

Andy Corbley May 8, 2025

Yemen has claimed responsibility for an attack on the USS Harry Truman aircraft carrier that caused a second F/A-18…

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Former Georgia Senator Joins Trump’s Kettle of China Hawks as US Ambassador to Beijing

Andy Corbley May 1, 2025

Former Georgia Senator and businessman David Perdue was recently confirmed with a bipartisan vote as the new US Ambassador…

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Houthis Shoot Down $210 Million in Drones, US Kill 80 in Strike on Civilians in Hodeidah

Andy Corbley April 25, 2025

Seven of the United States’ premier long-range offensive drones have been shot down by Houthi counterfire in the skies…

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