The desert climate or arid climate is a dry climate sub-type in which there is a severe excess of evaporation over precipitation. The typically bald, rocky, or sandy surfaces in desert climates are dry and hold little moisture, quickly evaporating the already little rainfall they receive. Covering 14.2% of Earth's land area, hot deserts are the second most common type of climate on Earth after the polar climate.
The Tecopa pupfish is an extinct subspecies of the Amargosa pupfish. The small, heat-tolerant pupfish was endemic to the outflows of a pair of hot springs in the Mojave Desert of Inyo County, California. Habitat modifications, the introduction of non-native species and hybridization with the related Amargosa River pupfish led to its extinction around 1979.
The Amargosa springsnail is a snail in the family Hydrobiidae. It is endemic to the Amargosa River drainage of the southwestern United States. The small snail is known to occur in several near-brackish springs, including the type locality of Saratoga Springs in Death Valley.
The Saratoga Springs pupfish is a subspecies of the Amargosa pupfish of the family Cyprinodontidae. The native population is endemic to Saratoga Springs, a small wetland in Death Valley National Park in the United States.
Cyprinodon nevadensis is a species of pupfish in the genus Cyprinodon. The species is also known as the Amargosa pupfish, but that name may also refer to one subspecies, Cyprinodon nevadensis amargosae. All six subspecies are or were endemic to very isolated locations in the Mojave Desert of California and Nevada.
Geodermatophilus africanus is a Gram-positive, aerobic and halotolerant bacterium from the genus Geodermatophilus which has been isolated from desert sand near Ourba in the Sahara.
Geodermatophilus aquaeductus is a Gram-positive, aerobic and gamma-ray resistant bacterium from the genus Geodermatophilus which has been isolated from the surface of a calcarenite stone from the ruins of the Aqueduct of Hadrian in Tunisia.
Geodermatophilus arenarius is a Gram-positive, aerobic and xerophilic bacterium from the genus Geodermatophilus which has been isolated from desert sand from Ouré Cassoni in Chad.
Geodermatophilus bullaregiensis is an aerobic bacterium from the genus Geodermatophilus which has been isolated from the surface of a marble monument from Bulla Regia in Tunisia.
Geodermatophilus daqingensis is a Gram-positive bacterium from the genus Geodermatophilus which has been isolated from soil which was with petroleum contaminated from Daqing in China.
Geodermatophilus dictyosporus is a Gram-positive and gamma-ray resistant bacterium from the genus Geodermatophilus which has been isolated from soil from the Westgard Pass in the United States.
Geodermatophilus normandii is a Gram-positive bacterium from the genus Geodermatophilus which has been isolated from desert sand from Ouré Cassoni in Chad.
Geodermatophilus poikilotrophus is a Gram-positive and aerobic bacterium from the genus Geodermatophilus which has been isolated from dolomitic marble from Samara in Namibia.
Geodermatophilus pulveris is a gamma-ray resistant and aerobic bacterium from the genus Geodermatophilus which has been isolated from limestone dust from Grand Erg Oriental in Tunisia.
Geodermatophilus ruber is a bacterium from the genus Geodermatophilus which has been isolated from rhizospheric soil of the plant Astragalus membranaceus from Xining in China.
Geodermatophilus saharensis is a Gram-positive and aerobic bacterium from the genus Geodermatophilus which has been isolated from desert sand from Ouré Cassoni in Chad.
Geodermatophilus siccatus is a Gram-positive and aerobic bacterium from the genus Geodermatophilus which has been isolated from arid sand near Ourba in Chad.
Geodermatophilus telluris is a Gram-positive and aerobic bacterium from the genus Geodermatophilus which has been isolated from arid sand near Vers Ourba in Chad.
Geodermatophilus tzadiensis is a Gram-positive, aerobic and UV radiation-resistant bacterium from the genus Geodermatophilus which has been isolated from desert sand near Ouré Cassoni in Chad.
Geodermatophilus is a Gram-positive genus of bacteria from the phylum Actinomycetota.
