The effect is achieved by trickling seawater over porous cardboard screens -- called evaporators -- which cool and humidify the dry desert air, creating a favorable growing environment for crops.
The absence of tight oversight has allowed makers of herbal products to flourish, particularly in Utah, where the dry desert air helps keep raw materials and pills and capsules fresh, and where land and skilled labor have been relatively inexpensive.
It was the first summer I was in business, and the dry desert heat of my hometown came on strong, bringing a steady stream of customers through the door looking for ice-cold smoothies and air-conditioned relief from the scorching sun outside.
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The dry, hot desert air and laid-back southwestern state of mind creates an otherworldly setting for ultimate relaxation.
The Arabian oryx prefers dry, near-desert conditions and can survive without water for long periods.
Bancroft first began designing and planting her dry garden's desert landscape in 1972.
It's a hard life, but prosperous, at least in the years when there isn't a drought--then the dry savannah turns to desert and there is nothing to do but hold on and try to survive with enough cattle and game to start over.
Between 80 and 100 storm systems form each year as bodies of hot, dry air over the Sahara Desert, pick up moisture as they move out across the Atlantic.
An image from Mr. Ritts's last project is in the show, a 2002 photo of actor Ben Affleck posing in a dry lake bed in California's Mojave Desert.
The lip-smacking from their smooching sounded like an elderly man with dry-mouth syndrome while walking vigorously through the desert.
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Twenty miles outside the small town of Taos, New Mexico, the dry, flat landscape is interrupted momentarily by a small brown-colored dome that appears amid the low, desert scrub.
And on the other hand, some of the books about early settlers and ranchers, especially in the desert out here, do indicate that over the last 200 years there's been an increasingly dry climate change.
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