Morocco has declared 31 October a national holiday to mark the day the UN Security Council voted in favour of a resolution ...

Discover how global warming could dramatically alter rainfall patterns, with scientists predicting significantly increased ...

Few lions remain in desert Africa (Photo courtesy Bush Warriors) NEW YORK, New York, December 5, 2013 (ENS) – The African lion has vanished from the Sahara desert, while cheetahs and gazelles are ...

The Sahara Desert is known as one of the driest places on Earth, receiving only about 3 inches of precipitation each year -- roughly one-tenth of what ...

UIC scientists predict the Sahara Desert could get up to 75% more rainfall by 2100. Using 40 climate models, they foresee ...

Paleoclimate and archaeological evidence tells us that, 11,000-5,000 years ago, the Earth's slow orbital 'wobble' transformed today's Sahara desert to a land covered with vegetation and lakes. Aa Aa ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - It’s that time of year again! Dust all the way from the Sahara Desert in Africa is eyeing the skies above the Atlantic, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and Southeast U.S. That ...

Africa’s “Great Green Wall” initiative is a proposed 8,000-kilometer line of trees meant to hold back the Sahara from expanding southward. New climate simulations looking to both the region’s past and ...

Are you planning your next vacation and wondering what are the best countries to visit in Africa? Africa, the world’s second-largest and second-most-populous continent, is a land of captivating ...

I’ve been to friendly places before, where people are kind and the tradition of hospitality is so beautiful it breaks your heart. But I’ve never experienced anything like Algeria. We stood on the side ...

Many people have expressed their views on the Sahara. Few are intimately acquainted with the reality of its topography and its geography. “How can we consider this forgotten territory or this ...

Researchers have found a vast number of animal remains—including those of fish—at a site in the Sahara Desert, casting new light on the ancient peoples who used to live there. Recent investigations at ...