DESERTS is a strikingly visual mini-series that looks into the impact modern society has on deserts. Many of them are spreading, particularly the Gobi in China which is expanding at a staggering 3, 600 square kilometers a year. Others are bursting with vegetation watered by new moisture. The urgent needs of the world's fast-growing population lead us into the desert to harness its resources and energy. Massive pipelines carrying water pumped from deep underground snake through the sands to thirsty cities. Solar panels are being built on enormous scales. And the desert, itself, is being irrigated to provide food for the hungry. From the Sahara to Antarctica, Chile to Mongolia, Judea to Rajasthan, DESERTS profiles diverse landscapes and cultures that will surprise and delight.