Africa is often synonymous with its drylands that cover two-thirds of the continent. Relief is brought through rainfall ...

The Earth's climate is in a constant state of change based on its position relative to the sun. This relationship means that ...

Based on the current pledges of countries for limiting their emissions of greenhouse gases, global temperatures are projected to reach 2.7 degrees Celsius beyond pre-industrial levels by the end of ...

An international team of climate scientists has found that dust brought to parts of Europe in 2022 from the Saharan desert ...

In 2024, annual average global air temperatures surpassed 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels for the first time, triggering extreme ...

The Largest Hot Desert When imagining the vastness of the world, the Sahara Desert often stands out. 2 million square ...

Saharan sand contains radioactive isotopes of plutonium and cesium that can be transported from the great African desert to ...

In October 2023, Zhang brought Juncao grass seeds to Mauritania from a field in China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. He conducted comparative experiments on irrigation, fertilization, planting ...

The results suggest that the radioactive dust originated in Algeria's Reggane region, but its plutonium levels didn't match ...

Dead Vlei, a white clay pan situated near the famous salt pan of Sossusvlei, is in fact the world’s oldest desert. Located in ...

The Sahel, a semiarid region in Africa south of the Sahara Desert, has long been a focal point and an environmental issue .

Currently, the oldest known dinosaur fossils date back about 230 million years and have been found in southern regions, including Brazil, Argentina, and Zimbabwe. Species such as Eoraptor and ...