Dust from the Sahara Desert, once a massive lake, travels across the Atlantic Ocean. This dust, rich in potassium and iron ...

Despite its desolation, it is nevertheless home to millions of people and hundreds of species of plant and animal life. It is dry, hot, and inhospitable in a way that would be hard for many people on ...

Discusses desert biomes, highlighting their unique characteristics, such as extreme temperatures, lack of water, and diverse adaptations of plants and animals. It explains how deserts are formed ...

Far from being barren wastelands, deserts are biologically rich habitats with a vast array of animals and plants that have adapted to the harsh conditions there. Some deserts are among the planet ...

The Sahara Desert, which covers over 3.5 million square miles, ... The Sahara sustained abundant plant and animal life, such as Nile perch, turtles, crocodiles, and hippos, ...

Algeria's Tassili N'Ajjer plateau is Africa's largest national park. Among its vast sandstone formations is perhaps the world's largest art museum. Over 15,000 etchings and paintings are exhibited ...

A pioneering study has shed new light on North African humid periods that have occurred over the past 800,000 years and explains why the Sahara Desert was periodically green.

Climate scientists used models to show historic intervals of a green, vegetated Sahara Desert that occur every 21,000 years. During these periods, rivers, lakes, and water-based animals ...

Sahara Desert, Once Lush and Green, Was Home to Mysterious Human Lineage By Will Dunham (Reuters) -The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of ...