The Largest Hot Desert When imagining the vastness of the world, the Sahara Desert often stands out. 2 million square kilometers, it ranks as the largest hot desert on our planet. To give you a sense ...

The Sahara Desert wasn’t always a barren wasteland—evidence suggests it was once home to lush vegetation, rivers, and ...

Africa is often synonymous with its drylands that cover two-thirds of the continent. Relief is brought through rainfall ...

The results suggest that the radioactive dust originated in Algeria's Reggane region, but its plutonium levels didn't match ...

A stunning composite image, made up of three years' worth of satellite photos, shows the ancient lava of Libya's Haruj volcanic field interspersed with patches of golden sand.

Paleoclimate and archaeological evidence tells us that, 11,000-5,000 years ago, the Earth's slow orbital 'wobble' transformed today's Sahara desert to a land covered with vegetation and lakes.

In desert communities frequented by tourists ... in August and September have given a different face to the Moroccan Sahara, better known for its frequent droughts. Houssine Youabeb is the ...

An international team of climate scientists has found that dust brought to parts of Europe in 2022 from the Saharan desert ...

Mobile City On Treads Would Double As A Plow, Turning Deserts Into Oases Could this enormous machine actually turn the Sahara into the Central California coast?

Satellite imagery from the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) showed desert dust moving north across the Mediterranean Sea on Monday, February 3. “A plume of dust from the ...