Africa is often synonymous with its drylands that cover two-thirds of the continent. Relief is brought through rainfall ...

Saharan sand contains radioactive isotopes of plutonium and cesium that can be transported from the great African desert to ...

Dead Vlei, a white clay pan situated near the famous salt pan of Sossusvlei, is in fact the world’s oldest desert. Located in ...

The Largest Hot Desert When imagining the vastness of the world, the Sahara Desert often stands out. 2 million square ...

An international team of climate scientists has found that dust brought to parts of Europe in 2022 from the Saharan desert ...

The Sahel, a semiarid region in Africa south of the Sahara Desert, has long been a focal point and an environmental issue .

Researchers documented the first spotted hyena in Egypt for 5,000 years after it was hit with a pickup truck for killing ...

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Water stress and hazards like withering droughts and devastating floods are hitting African communities, economies and ...

A study from the U.S. Geological Survey found the ecosystems on California's public lands are losing the carbon they've ...

A desert is a dry, barren landscape that receives very little rainfall—typically less than 250 mm (10 inches) per year. Deserts can be hot, like the Sahara, or cold, like Antarctica. They often ...