A team of paleontologists led by National Geographic Explorer Paul Sereno uncovered a trove of dinosaur fossils in the Sahara ...

A new report by the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has found that sand and dust storms are leading ...

In one hand, the dancers hold swords symbolizing battle. In the other, a piece of cloth symbolizing peace. They dance a ...

Sand and dust storms affect about 330 million people in over 150 countries and are taking an increasing toll on health, economies and the environment ...

Dust from the Sahara Desert, once a massive lake, travels across the Atlantic Ocean. This dust, rich in potassium and iron from dead diatoms, fertilizes the Amazon rainforest. The Amazon River then ...

THE Sahara, comparable in size to the United States, is essentially a land of minerals. Plants, animals and men, all live there artificially. The vast spaces, the heat, the lack of water and ...

Yet when it comes to stunning natural beauty, size is far from everything. In this case, Carcross Desert's sublime grandeur and photogenic character reflect not only its own immense beauty, but also ...

North Africa receives some of the most intense solar energy on Earth, and just a fraction of the Sahara could theoretically supply the entire world’s electricity. But grand visions like the ...

These “feel like” temperatures are hotter than parts of the Sahara Desert in northern Africa, where several Moroccan cities were forecast to hit the high 80s and low 90s F.

In the middle of the 19 th century, the German explorer Heinrich Barth discovered prehistoric Saharan rock sculptures and engravings while traveling through the Sahara Desert in North Africa. Barth, ...