With this amount of sand coverage, there’s still plenty of opportunity for the formation of vast dune seas, known as ergs.

Such a massive area might lead many to think ... wait until you hear about the Sahara's jaw-dropping temperatures. This desert holds the record for the hottest earth-bound temperature ever ...

A new study recently published in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, provides new insights into the meteorological ...

The stunning images from the area may captivate viewers ... In an unprecedented turn of events, regions of the Sahara Desert have been inundated by severe rainstorms. This unusual occurrence ...

Verne set the action in the future, in the 1930s. 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 ...

THERE’S a little-known beach in Italy that looks like the Sahara Desert. With huge golden sands, dunes and beautiful blue waters, it’s one of the most beautiful places to go on ...

The Sahara Desert, located in West Africa, is the largest hot desert in the world. While deserts are traditionally characterized by a dry climate with low levels of vegetation, the Sahara has been ...

This improved habitability north and south of the central Sahara, increased recharge to rivers, and a narrower desert may have encouraged ... brought rainfall to the area in the past, it opens ...

Louise Cooper was the aunt and guardian of East Kilbride teen Max Jones who tragically lost a two-year battle with a "one in a billion" series of deadly brain tumours that also claimed the lives of ...

Fennec Foxes are the quintessential desert creature ... The most comprehensive study conducted of the area has found that 10 of the Sahara’s 14 largest mammals are now extinct or endangered.

File Photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy In 1979, snow fell in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria for the first known time. It fell a second time in 2016 and a third time in 2018.

Its new report says that in this semi-arid area to the south of the Sahara Desert 3,885 people out of a worldwide total of 7,555 died. The GTI report adds that while the global figure has declined ...