A new study from the University of Helsinki has provided a compelling new explanation for the devastating droughts that took ...

People along the Matan Fada in northwest Nigeria remember the river's abundance as being typified by fish literally falling from the trees, but those days are gone.

People along the Matan Fada in northwest Nigeria remember the river's abundance as being typified by fish literally falling ...

Tens of thousands of years ago, on the territory of the uninhabited Sahara Desert, gardens flourished, rivers flowed, ancient ...

Aimed at halting desertification and meeting climate goals, the project to create a 1,400-kilometre green wall faces major ...

Warnings against travel abroad from the UK have been issued for countries including Afghanistan, Belarus and Haiti ...

A dust cloud originating from the Sahara Desert has swept across the eastern Mediterranean, cloaking parts of Greece in an ...

For centuries, hundreds of millions of people have relied on desert wetlands that are now disappearing. Can blending ancient ...

The best time for stargazing in the Sahara is between October and April. These cooler months not only make it easier to spend ...

Once aloft, these particles scatter and absorb sunlight, diminish surface irradiance, and even encourage cloud formation-all ...

With a population of 44 million, Algeria is the tenth-most populous country in Africa, and the 33rd-most populous country in ...

As Europe leans more heavily on solar power to meet climate and energy security goals, scientists are warning of a growing ...