The Sahara — the world’s biggest desert — is getting even bigger. It has grown by as much as 18 percent during the past century, and climate change is partly responsible.

The Sahara’s edge is now in places like Mali, where 65% of the land is desert or semi-desert. It’s growing 48 kilometers a year. Droughts make water scarce, hurting communities.

Out in the Sahara Desert, in one of the most inhospitable environments imaginable, a natural solution to the climate crisis is growing ­– and at a rapid rate. London-based startup Brilliant ...

The Sahara Desert Is Growing, Thanks In Part To Climate Change Scientists say the boundaries of Earth's largest hot desert have expanded by 10 percent since 1920, suggesting that other deserts ...

The Sahara Desert has expanded by about 10 percent since 1920, according to a new study. The research is the first to assess century-scale changes to the boundaries of the world's largest desert ...

With 75 percent of its country comprised of desert, it’s not easy for Tunisia to grow food. But the Sahara Forest Project aims to change that with a $30 million facility funded by the Norwegian ...

It's called the Sahara Forest Project (SFP for short). SFP was created to find a way not just to grow food in the desert, but to do so sustainably — to make the environment better, not worse.

Satellite images released by NASA show pockets of plant life popping up all over the Sahara Desert after an extratropical cyclone drenched a large swath of northwestern Africa on Sept. 7 and Sept. 8.

The Sahara Desert—Yes, That One—Remarkably Grows Green Every 21,000 Years It's all due to how Earth wobbles on its axis. By Tim Newcomb Published: Oct 17, 2023 11:00 AM EDT ...

Earth’s largest hot desert, the Sahara, is getting bigger, a new study finds. It is advancing south into more tropical terrain in Sudan and Chad, turning green vegetation dry and soil once used ...