Dehradun, Sept. 7 -- At the Aral Sea ecological disaster site

All Around the World with the Most Travelled Indian

A desert in its literal definition should be a place devoid of rain, vegetation and life. This applies more to the other planets in the solar system (classic desert being Mars) but definitely not to Earth as our deserts are teeming with life - of various forms. But ours is a planet so full of life everywhere that in comparison to rest of the places, the deserts hold relatively less of it. Our deserts are scientifically defined as areas that receive less than 25 cm or 10 inches of precipitation in a year and this desert biome covers 1/3rd of our planet today.

However, it is not a constant biome, which is the case with all bi...