The word desert is a noun. Desert means (1) an arid region with little or no vegetation.
Desert is also a verb that means (1) leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch, (2) desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army.
Desert is also an adjective that means (1) located in a dismal or remote area; desolate.
The following articles and web pages elaborate on the word desert.
Located in southeastern California, 140 miles east of Los Angeles, Joshua Tree National Park includes parts of the Mohave Desert and Colorado Desert and gets its name from the spiky-tipped Joshua trees that are native to the Mohave Desert ecosystem.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Tree_National_Park
Bar Harbor is a picturesque small town in southeastern Maine that is located on the northeast shore of Mount Desert Island. Nearby Acadia National Park contains Cadillac Mountain, the highest point on the eastern seaboard.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_Harbor,_Maine
When Spanish Conquistadors rode along the banks of the Rio Grande in 1598, they discovered a diamond amid the Chihuahuan desert. El Paso has been luring visitors with its mystery and promise ever since. Every year, the El Paso area hosts millions of travelers during their visit to this international metroplex. Nestled at the point where West Texas, New Mexico, and Old Mexico meet, The Sun City is a good place to appreciate the blending of these cultures and heritages.
http://www.visitelpaso.com/
The following articles provide recent desert-related news.
Desert X returns to the Coachella Valley, this time with works about landscape, migration, climate change and indigenous experiences
Smithsonian. Friday, 15 Feb 2019 19:19:17 +0000.
La Copine is a gussied-up roadside diner in the heart of Joshua Tree. Here's how the close-knit staff built their desert home.
Mackenzie Fegan. Bon Appetit. Wednesday, 13 Feb 2019 15:00:00 +0000.
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A man accused of pulling the trigger in the 2010 shooting death of a Border Patrol agent in the southern Arizona desert was convicted of first-degree murder and other charges Tuesday.
Fox News. Wednesday, 13 Feb 2019 12:35:54 GMT.
Northern Chile's dry and desolate Atacama Desert hosts the world's largest array of astronomical observatories. Scientists have called the largely lifeless region Earth's closest analogue of Mars.
Live Science. Tuesday, 12 Feb 2019 01:24:00 EST.
French howitzer-guns deployed in the Euphrates Valley desert just inside Iraq stand ready to pour fury on Islamic State group diehards in their last holdout across the border in Syria.
France 24. Sunday, 10 Feb 2019 11:11:05 GMT.
The largest United Nations humanitarian aid convoy since the start of the Syrian conflict has reached Rukban refugee camp, where thousands of desperate people are stranded in the desert close to the border with Jordan, the U.N. ...
Reuters. Wednesday, 06 Feb 2019 11:05:11 -0500.