desert

Type: Location

As of November 2026, desert has been mentioned in 3 episodes across 3 podcasts, first heard Dec 2025 on Stuff You Should Know. Mentioned as a possible location where evidence or remains might be found.

A desert is a landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions create unique biomes and ecosystems. The lack of vegetation exposes the unprotected surface of the ground to denudation. About one-third of the land surface of the Earth is arid or semi-arid. This includes much of the polar regions, where little precipitation occurs, and which are sometimes called polar deserts or "cold deserts". Deserts can be classified by the amount of precipitation that falls, by t