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 ...

But comparing the Sahara with the Gobi reveals some surprising ... The post There’s a Desert That Freezes: The Strange Climate of the Gobi Desert appeared first on Years Of Traveling.

The evidence suggests that the desert received more rainfall ... This new record on the northern edge of the Sahara adds vital information for understanding how climate has changed in this region ...

Analysis of stalagmite samples from caves in southern Morocco has provided new insights into rainfall patterns in the Sahara ...

This story appears in the October 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. An ancient wind is coming up from a place called deep time. The Sahara strikes us as an eternal inferno of dunes and ...

The Sahara is very likely the ... We now know that these images document a dramatic climate change across North Africa from the hyperarid desert it is today to a nearly completely vegetated ...

This battle can be won’: desert expert reveals how China’s technology, funding and strategies aid ambitious environmental project.

An ambitious and bold project looks to help desertification in Africa and to combat African nations from being swallowed up ...

Chinguetti, Mauritania is home to some of West Africa’s oldest Quranic texts and manuscripts. It could soon be swallowed by the sand.