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Despite its vast expanse of sand, the Sahara is not the largest desert on the planet, that distinction goes to someplace with ...
A massive dust storm that came from the Sahara Desert, sometimes known as a 'haboob', that came from the east is going to hit ...
A vast waterless sea where life claws for purchase in the shifting sands. But it wasn't always that way, and it won't be ...
A wide swath of eastern Morocco is part of the Sahara Desert ... giving travelers a glimpse of life in the desert: the sunrise, the sunset, the bonfire, the stories — even the music favored ...
“The life of nomads is very simple and healthy ... The rest of the country is the Sahara Desert with lunar and volcanic landscapes, stony plains and ergs (“fields” of sand dunes).
Saharan dust is expected to blow across the Atlantic Ocean and reach Louisiana. How will the dust impact hurricane season?
Covering nearly a third of a continent, the Sahara has been the scene of migrations, military battles and fights over natural resources.
She reports on justice and human rights issues. Contact her at cara.tabachnick@cbsinteractive.com The Sahara desert, once lush and green, during a time between 14,500 and 5,000 years ago ...
Somewhere in the sands of the Sahara and the sands of time, there might be hidden mummies or artifacts waiting to tell us more about what life was like in the desert before it dried out.