A rare and stunning snowfall recently blanketed parts of Earth’s deserts, transforming dry landscapes into icy wonderlands. Scientists are studying what causes these unusual events—and whether they’re ...

It may be the gateway to the vast Sahara desert, but that doesn't mean it's free of that modern scourge of the ...

However, the genetic evidence presented by these mummies suggests that pastoralism, at least in the Green Sahara, may have spread not through migration but through the exchange of practices and ideas ...

Picture the Sahara, and an inhospitable landscape of endless sand dunes and barren rock comes to mind. That’s largely the case today, but 7,000 years ago the vast desert was an altogether ... stone ...

For thousands of years, the Sahara was more than just a desert: it was a thriving land of lakes, grasslands, and human life. Now, DNA from two 7,000-year-old mummies has revealed a truth: a lost human ...

It comes after dust from the Sahara desert hit the UK in January last year. Met Office meteorologist Nicola Maxey said that while air quality could be affected it was unlikely to have much of an ...

Now a vast and parched expanse of sand and stone, the Sahara Desert hides secrets of a time when it teemed with life. Between 14,500 and 5,000 years ago, this inhospitable region was a lush savannah, ...

Somewhere in the sands of the Sahara and the sands of time, there might be hidden mummies or artifacts waiting to tell us more about what life was like in the desert before it dried out.

TRIPOLI: The Sahara Desert is one of Earth’s most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans parts of 11 countries and covers an area comparable to China or ...

Today, the Sahara Desert is a hot and dry belt of sand stretching across much of northern Africa. But between 15,000 and 5,000 years ago it would have been full of rivers, plants and people. New ...

An overflowing crowd gathers around the Sahara tent to watch Kid Cudi’s set during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio on April 21, 2024. Photo by Andy Abeyta, The Desert Sun via ...