Sahara Desert teemed with life during African Humid Period. Scientists have reconstructed the genetic profile of a population ...

A new map published on social media by the Met Office shows a huge swathe of Saharan dust particles bound for the UK. If you ...

New research has uncovered how powerful storms occasionally drench parts of theSahara Desert, forming short-lived lakes and revealing unexpected climate connections. These rare weather events, often ...

They have opened up a whole new way to see this desert. In the southwest part of Libya, a region called Fezzan is the beating heart of the Sahara, an inaccessible place full of sand seas ...

Turns out, however, that a surprising proportion of the world’s largest hot desert isn’t actually sandy at all. Just 25 percent of the Sahara’s surface is covered by sand. We say “just ...

This week, discover the Sahara’s greener past, explore a mysterious cosmological force, marvel at a new concept for space ...

The Sahara Desert is the largest hot desert on Earth ... Chad and Sudan - and has a mix of landscapes that go far beyond endless sand dunes. In fact, only a quarter of the Sahara is made up ...

T he world is home to a myriad of amazing desert landscapes that are renowned for their stunning beauty and unique features. From the vast dunes of the Sahara Desert to the breathtaking 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.

Water rushing between the sand dunes of southern Morocco. In desert communities frequented ... have given a different face to the Moroccan Sahara, better known for its frequent droughts.

THERE'S a little-known beach in Italy that looks like the Sahara Desert. With huge golden sands ... of Italy” and has some of the highest sand dunes in Europe. Piscinas is surrounded by ...