Radar instruments orbiting hundreds of kilometers above the Sahara have mapped a network of buried river channels that once ...

The fascinating but little-known history of how the Sahara was transformed from a pleasant green and fertile land into the largest hot desert in the world. Green Sahara. (Collage by Kuat Abeshev.

A vast dust cloud from the Sahara Desert is heading towards the southeastern US, with Florida already experiencing drifting particles and worsening air quality.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the driest regions on earth is shifting green, as an influx of heavy rainfall causes vegetation to grow in the typically ...

You’ll find a lot more sand than trees in the Sahara Desert, but that doesn’t mean they don’t occasionally crop up. Here’s the story of the Tree of Ténéré, as well as a couple other famous trees found ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Scientists have cast new light on the age of the Sahara—the largest hot ...

A mysterious eye-shaped structure in the Sahara has become the latest geological formation captured by the Earth Observatory of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The origin of ...

The desert, which is roughly the size of the United States, has grown by about 10% in the last century, in large part thanks to climate change. BySamia Bouzid Friday, March 30, 2018 NOVA NextNOVA Next ...