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In 2024, Nevada filled 1.8 million solar panels across the Mojave Desert; a rare milkvetch plant growing inside the farm started to produce 8 times more flowers and 10 times more fruit than plants outside

A rare Mojave Desert plant unexpectedly flourished inside Nevada's massive Gemini Solar Project. Researchers found threecorner milkvetch plants inside the facility produced eight times more flowers and ten times more fruit than plants outside, with altered soil moisture and microclimate conditions potentially helping reproduction.

The Economic Times

Jeep Sends A Stock Gladiator Into The Brutal 2026 Rebelle Rally

Factory-stock Desert Rated hardware turns the Jeep Gladiator Mojave into a real-world test bed across 1,500 miles of Rebelle Rally stages.

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In 2018, the U.S. Air Force signed a 35-year lease for underused Mojave desert land. 8 years later, the site hosts 1.9 million solar panels, turning a historic aircraft testing ground into a massive renewable-energy hub

In 2018, the U.S. Air Force signed a 35-year lease for underused desert land at Edwards Air Force Base in California. What happened next was unexpected. The former aircraft testing landscape became home to nearly 1.9 million solar panels. Today, the Edwards Sanborn solar project produces massive amounts of clean…

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In 1881, silver turned California’s Calico into a 3,000-person desert boomtown. By 1907, falling prices had turned it into a ghost town

In California's Mojave Desert, Calico now appears as a quiet collection of weathered buildings surrounded by dry hills and open scrubland. Its setting gives little indication that the settlement once supported a busy mining community. That changed in 1881, when prospectors discovered silver in the mountains nearby and the area…

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In 2013, respiratory disease was detected in California’s desert bighorn sheep; about two months later, sick animals were found more than 30 kilometres away

California's Mojave Desert has seen an alarming outbreak of respiratory disease affecting desert bighorn sheep. Researchers diligently monitored the spread of this illness across distinct mountain populations, linking it to the bacterium Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae. Utilising genetic testing alongside field observations, scientists have shed light on how the disease transmits, emphasising…

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In 1928, Minerva Hoyt sent a California desert exhibition across America; eight years later, Roosevelt protected Joshua Tree from mining and plant collectors

Minerva Hamilton Hoyt championed desert conservation against development and collectors. Her exhibitions challenged public perceptions of barren desert landscapes. Hoyt's advocacy led to President Franklin D. Roosevelt establishing Joshua Tree National Monument. This protected over 825,000 acres of vital Mojave and Colorado desert ecosystems. Millions now visit this protected area…

The Times of India

Fallout: New Vegas director Josh Sawyer reveals his optimal outcome for the Mojave Wasteland

Independence all the way.

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LA county sheriff’s deputy dies after medical emergency during relay race

Levi Vargas, 30, was competing in Baker to Vegas race through Mojave desert as US south-west faces extreme heat

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The Mojave's Off-Road Trail Closure Isn't What The Blue Ribbon Coalition Wants You to Believe It Is

Press surrounding the closure of a handful of off-road trails in the Mojave are that of 'the sky is falling.' The truth is far more benign, but that's not what the Blue Ribbon Coalition wants you to think.

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Fallout Season 2 Episode 2 recap: 'Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter'

The Golden Rule.

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After 3 years and a handoff to a new team, the ambitious Project Mojave mod imagining New Vegas in the time of Fallout 4 has ceased development

The Bethesda game total conversion is a difficult path not for the faint of heart.

PC Gamer

This Mojave Desert Tour May Be The Perfect Getaway, Just Don't Die

The Mojave Desert Tour is set to take place from October 27 to 29, and is brought to you by EagleRider and Yamaha.

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A single character shows why Fallout: New Vegas is a classic

Chief Hanlon is a quiet triumph in an all-time great RPG.

PC Gamer

The Jeep Gladiator Mojave Isn't the Desert Runner You Want

It’s a fun truck, but Ford and Chevy have better options.

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Fallout: New Vegas director Josh Sawyer reveals which characters he took from Black Isle Studio's canceled Fallout 3

The Mojave owes a lot to Codename Van Buren

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In a charred moonscape, a band of hopeful workers try to save the Joshua tree

After flames destroyed 1.3 million Joshua trees in Mojave National Preserve, biologists began replanting seedlings. But many have died, and now another fire has torched more of the iconic succulents.

The Guardian - US

Erratic winds pose fresh threat to firefighters as rain helps with Mojave desert fire

A brief downpour helped crews on the ground, but experts warn they could face unstable wind conditions that could blow fire back at them

Los Angeles Times

Solar sprawl is tearing up the Mojave Desert. Is there a better way?

LAS VEGAS — High above the Las Vegas Strip, solar panels blanketed the roof of Mandalay Bay Convention Center — 26,000 of them, rippling across an area larger than 20 football fields.

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How solar farms took over the California desert: ‘An oasis has become a dead sea’

Residents feel trapped and choked by dust, while experts warn environmental damage is ‘solving one problem by creating others’

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2022 Nissan Frontier Pro-4X Overlanding Feature: The Old-School New Truck

A centuries-old trail in the Mojave and the power of nature conspired to make the final drive of these Frontiers one to remember.

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Motor1.com Test Car Happy Hour #31: Jeep Gladiator Mojave And Ram 2500 Rebel

We're talking pickups this week.

Los Angeles Times

Can bighorns, a bullet train and a huge solar farm coexist in the Mojave Desert?

BAKER, Calif. — To most travelers on Interstate 15 between Barstow and Las Vegas, the Mojave Desert’s jagged Soda Mountains rise above a seemingly lifeless wasteland of hellish sand dunes, lava flows and vast flatlands.

The Independent UK

Biden to protect 450,000 acres of land around Nevada’s Spirit Mountain

A large tract of land around Spirit Mountain – known as Avi Kwa Ame in the Mojave language – will be protected from development, president announces

Los Angeles Times

California’s Mojave desert tortoises move toward extinction. Why saving them is so hard

CALIFORNIA CITY, Calif. — Behind the fences surrounding this 40-square-mile outback of cactus and wiry creosote, the largest remaining population of Mojave desert tortoises was soaking up the morning sun and grazing on a mix of wild greens and flowers.

Daily Mirror

Largest plane in world seen carrying jet capable of firing hypersonic weapons

The Stratolaunch aircraft has a 117-metre wingspan and took over the Mojave desert in California and flew for five hours and six minutes, reaching altitudes of 7000 metres

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