Tom Freston could tell endless stories about the formative days of MTV and late nights with rock stars. But he hopes that his ...

The Numbers Don't Lie About Desert Growth The Sahara Desert has expanded by about 10 percent since 1920, according to a new ...

Discover the fascinating journey of the Sahara Desert from a once-fertile region to a promising global hub for renewable ...

Two genomes from 7,000 years ago found in the Takarkori rock shelter reveal a lost lineage from North Africa in the Green Sahara.

On the ground, its rings are hard to appreciate; dunes, heat haze, and uneven terrain all conspire to hide the full shape. But from space, especially in the images taken by the Copernicus satellite, ...

The Sahara Desert is one of the driest areas in the world. It gets just 3 inches of precipitation per year — one-tenth of the amount of Chicago’s rain, sleet and snow. But by the second half of the ...

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, led by archaeogeneticist Nada Salem have made a shocking discovery in the harsh climate of the Sahara desert. The discovery of ...

Despite its reputation for being an enormous, desolate expanse, a trip to the Sahara can offer impressive levels of luxury, depending on your budget, writes Andrew Sluys. I would love to start this ...

Deserts make up around one-third of the earth's total land area, including continents and influencing the ecosystems, climate, and culture of numerous nations. Deserts offer some of the most severe ...

Meteorites found in the Sahara Desert might be pieces of Mercury that broke off as the result of a collision when the Solar System was still forming. The meteorites had many parallels to the surface ...

A massive cloud of dust that has traveled thousands of miles from the Sahara Desert is expected to reach Florida as early as the afternoon of June 4 before spreading through the Gulf Coast and ...

A dust cloud from the Sahara Desert blanketing regions from Jamaica to the eastern Caribbean is expected to reach Florida and the Gulf region of the United States this week. The cloud, also called a ...