The Sahara Desert, known today for its vast, arid landscapes, was once a fertile region teeming with life. A recent study analyzing stalagmites from caves in southern Morocco has revealed that between ...

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

The Sahara Desert, located in West Africa ... Between July and September every year, rainfall north of the equator in Africa increases due to monsoon season. Such stormy weather occurs when ...

North Africa is home to the greatest desert on Earth, the Sahara. This vast wilderness, the size of the United States, is the toughest part of the African continent – the sun rules mercilessly here.

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 ...

Its dry stone and mud mortar homes, mosques and libraries store some of West Africa’s oldest Quranic ... role in desertification. Deserts, including the Sahara, are expanding at unprecedented ...

The Sahara is very likely the world's largest ... these images document a dramatic climate change across North Africa from the hyperarid desert it is today to a nearly completely vegetated ...

Whether you’re exploring pyramids in Egypt, eating authentic cuisine in Morocco or embracing sandy adventures in the Sahara Desert, North Africa and the Middle East offers an abundance of ...

"It looks like a desert ... to the West African Monsoon season, it is unusual for the Intertropical Convergence Zone -- or ...