Recent studies have indicated a potential transformation of the Sahara Desert into a wetter and greener region due to rising ...

(Reuters) -The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans parts of 11 countries and covers an area comparable to China or the ...

(CNN) — Striking images from the Sahara Desert show large lakes etched into rolling sand dunes after one of the most arid, barren places in the world was hit with its first floods in decades. The ...

One of the driest regions on earth is shifting green, as an influx of heavy rainfall causes vegetation to grow in the typically barren landscape. Satellite images released by NASA show pockets of ...

When Colombia stands out as the wettest country, Egypt leads the pack of the driest countries in the world, with less than 10 ...

A rare snowstorm in the Sahara Desert turned the normally sandy landscape into what looks like arctic tundra. Around 16 inches of snow fell in the outskirts of the town of Ain Sefra, Algeria, ...

Algeria's Tassili N'Ajjer plateau is Africa's largest national park. Among its vast sandstone formations is perhaps the world's largest art museum. Over 15,000 etchings and paintings are exhibited ...

UIC scientists predict the Sahara Desert could get up to 75% more rainfall by 2100. Using 40 climate models, they foresee ...

Where is it? Tanezrouft Basin, the Sahara . [26.2089113, 2.27090884]. What's in the photo? Exposed paleozoic rock folds and colorful salt pans. Which satellite took the photo? Landsat 8. When was it ...

The skies across western Europe turned an eerie hue of brown and orange on Tuesday, reminiscent of a Martian landscape. In some places, the amber gloom was evocative of forest fires, but the rusty ...