It snowed on December 19 in the Sahara Desert ... and depicts the first snowfall recorded in the massive African desert in 37 years. The snow-covered area depicted in the photo lies on the ...

Desert snowfall is one of nature’s rarest and most breathtaking phenomena occurring when a perfect mix of cold air moisture and unique atmospheric conditions align over some of the world’s driest ...

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.

The Sahara Desert, known today for its vast, arid landscapes, was once a fertile region teeming with life. A recent study ...

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 ...

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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 ...

As winter blankets parts of Egypt, the country revealed in 2019 and 2021 a side that feels almost foreign, transporting ...

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

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