The Balkan Peninsula is located in a climatically favourable environment and has a rich variety of plants with a high potential, not only in pharmacology but also in numerous other fields.
"The Earth's hot deserts -- such as the Sahara, the Gobi, the Sonoran and the Lut -- are climatically harsh and so remote that access for routine measurements and maintenance of a weather station is impractical, " said David Mildrexler, lead author of a recent study that used NASA satellites to detect the Earth's hottest surface temperatures.