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Palm Desert, California, 1978 Photograph by Bruce Dale A turkey vulture
spreads its wings in one of California&#039s deserts. Even though
desert is the dominant landscape of our solar systemwith Mars
shivering and Venus baking in ariditythe Earth has managed to keep the
oceans that foster life. But with one third of our landmass arid,
scientists warn we could tip our climate toward that of Mars or Venus.

(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not
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