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At just over 5.3 million square miles, the Sahara desert is the world's largest hot desert, but is still smaller than both the Antarctic and Arctic deserts (yep, the Arctic also is a desert).
A vast desert, filled with billions of tons of sandy soil and an area spanning four countries, is the world's largest continuous sand desert.
Today, at the Living Planet Symposium, ESA revealed the first stunning images from its Biomass satellite mission—marking a ...
A recent satellite photo captured a giant comma-shaped cloud of "Saharan dust" being blown above the Atlantic Ocean. The hazy ...
“When there is no water, nothing green, the sand becomes very strong, a very fast enemy,” says Sbai. “It takes a lot of land.” The desert is pressing in from every direction.
What’s the first image that comes to mind when you think about nature,” asks Aurora Radich, a nature therapist in northern ...
This story is featured in the May/June 2025 issue of ESSENCE.
We all know that fun in Southern California can be costly, from Disneyland tickets that can leave a family of four out of $700, to Dodger dogs and other sports stadium food that’ll leave you ...
I trekked through the Sahara Desert with my in-laws after only meeting them a few times. I was nervous, but it was a ...