In the 1960s, France detonated 17 atomic bombs in the Algerian Sahara. They claimed that by dropping them in the desert ... tests [took place] at the same latitude as South Algeria, and the ...

The most common source of dust globally is the Sahara Desert. These giant storms sweep off West Africa ... Click on the “select area” tab. Enter the latitude and longitude of your observation location ...

The Cholistan desert covering an area of 26,000 km 2, lies within South of Bahawalpur in the Punjab extending through the Nara and Thar deserts of Sindh between 27˚42ʹN and 29˚45ʹN latitude and ...

Of everything that we did in Morocco, spending a night in a Sahara desert luxury camp (aka going glamping in the Sahara) was ...

New research reveals that heavy precipitation sourced from the Atlantic ocean, are the primary drivers of present-day lake filling in the ...

About two decades ago, African nations launched an audacious plan: a 7,700km “Great Green Wall” to hold back the Sahara Desert’s southward march. Yet years passed and progress was stalled ...

Analysis of Moroccan stalagmites reveals that the Sahara received increased rainfall between 8,700 and 4,300 years ago, ...

Africa’s mega-project to help combat climate change, desertification, and land degradation has seen positive strides. The project will see a 4,722-mile green wall that will aim to restore 100 ...

French Culture Minister Rachida Dati began a visit on Monday to the disputed Western Sahara, a sign of French support for Moroccan sovereignty over the desert territory. The long-frozen conflict ...

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.

Stretching across northern Chile and southern Peru, the Atacama is the driest non-polar desert on the planet. With its "Martian landscapes" and sprawling salt flats, the arid "geographical ...

Upon entering Desert Detectors, your character will spawn at Level 0 in the town of Dusthaven, right next to The Farm. To be able to unlock all the features and start playing, you must complete ...