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.

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’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.

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 ...

A Sahara Desert cloud of dust is moving over the Atlantic Ocean toward the U.S., ... In addition, haboobs can be dangerous, growing in size and dust-thickness.

The Sahara wasn't always the dry, arid landscape it is today. A recent study showed that it becomes a green woodland roughly every 21,000 years, a result of the wobbling of the Earth's axis ...