The Sahara, the largest desert in the world ... Ancient seabed found beneath Nazca plate reveals geological secrets Hidden ...

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

The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans ...

The Sahara Desert, located in West Africa ... "Because tropical waves spawned by the ITCZ are exiting Africa into the Atlantic Ocean farther north than usual, they have been encountering cooler ...

The Sahara is the largest desert in the world—excluding Antarctica and the Arctic—as it covers an area comparable to that of China or the United States: 9,065,000 square kilometers. It is a veritable ...

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 ...

DNA explains the enigma of the culture that painted swimmers and hippos in the middle of the desert thousands of years ago ...

The study provides critical new insights into the African Humid Period, a time between 14,500 and 5,000 years ago when the Sahara desert was a green savanna, rich in water bodies that facilitated ...

The Sahara Desert, one of the driest places on Earth ... were driven by precipitation systems originating from the Atlantic Ocean, rather than equatorial sources as previously believed.

Sahara Desert, Once Lush and Green, Was Home to Mysterious Human Lineage By Will Dunham (Reuters) -The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of ...