The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans parts of 11 countries and covers an area comparable to China or the US. But it ...

Whenever we think of the Sahara Desert, the images that come to mind are vast stretches of sand and extreme dryness. But do you know that the desert was not always this arid and once had water and ...

The Numbers Don't Lie About Desert Growth The Sahara Desert has expanded by about 10 percent since 1920, according to a new ...

New climate research warns that a wetter Sahara Desert could be in our future, as major rainfall increases and reduced ...

The Sahrawi, descendants of Arab and Berber nomads who herded camels and goats across the desert for millennia, found their ...

Two genomes from 7,000 years ago found in the Takarkori rock shelter reveal a lost lineage from North Africa in the Green Sahara.

The Sahara Desert has grown by nearly 10 percent since 1920. This shows a pressing environmental issue affecting the area. It ...

The arid region sometimes develops lakes after heavy rain, hinting at how the desert may have once had a different climate. Reading time 2 minutes Behold Sebkha el Melah, an ephemeral lake in Algeria, ...

One of the driest regions on earth is shifting green, as an influx of heavy rainfall causes vegetation to grow in the typically barren landscape. Satellite images released by NASA show pockets of ...

Africa’s mega-project to help combat climate change, desertification, and land degradation has seen positive strides. The project will see a 4,722-mile green wall that will aim to restore 100 million ...

There are certain places in the world that just take people’s breath away. This could be due to their size, beauty or uniqueness. And there is something intriguing about miles of sand dunes that seem ...