An international team including UNIGE reveals that the Arabian Peninsula desert once hosted a vast lake and rivers, which ...

A new study reconstructing the Arabian Peninsula’s ancient past adds clues to how early humans left the African continent.

Many of us may know Dubai as a holiday destination. But what do we really know about the desert ecosystem in this part of the United Arab Emirates? I’m here in one of the world’s largest hot ...

Mineral formations in caves reveal recurring periods of humidity in the Arabian Desert over the last 8 million years.

The United Arab Emirates, or UAE, is a federation of seven emirates on the southeast end of the Arabian Peninsula. The country, wedged between between Oman and Saudi Arabia, has rocky desert ...

Until now, little was known about the former climate of the Arabian Peninsula, as analyses of paleoclimate archives such as dripstones were lacking. However, fossil finds prove that water-dependent ...

This uplift of the Arabian Peninsula also had significant impacts on ocean circulation and the Earth's climate. Nearby ocean temperatures warmed, which in turn widened seasonal temperature ranges ...

The Empty Quarter, or Rub' al-Khali in Arabic, is one of the world's largest deserts. Spanning nearly 650,000 square kilometers -- mainly in Saudi Arabia -- it dominates the Arabian Peninsula ...