In southern California’s Coachella Valley, pale sand dunes sprawl under the desert sun, shifting and re-forming in the wind.

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

Residents of modern megacities are accustomed to the uninterrupted water supply to their apartments. In such comfortable ...

Dust from the Sahara Desert, once a massive lake, travels across the Atlantic Ocean. This dust, rich in potassium and iron from dead diatoms, fertilizes the Amazon rainforest. The Amazon River then ...

Dust from the Saharan Desert will drift across Alabama this weekend! Find out more about the Saharan Air Layer and what it ...

Swarms of desert locusts are moving across parts of North Africa. With unusually heavy rains in late 2024 supporting growth ...

A 12,000-year-old Alpine ice core reveals Europe once endured massive dust storms and sea salt surges—evidence of a radically ...

Water levels in the Slave River watershed remain at historic lows and glaciers in British Columbia which feed the watershed's ...

Two areas are being monitored for potential tropical development into next week, one of which could bring localized flooding ...

On a recent flight home to Salt Lake City, I gazed out the window and shuddered. The ground below was riddled with cracks.

The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and archaeological objects in New York on Wednesday, while a juvenile dinosaur skeleton ...

Clues from another dry spell 6,000 years ago are helping scientists understand what’s driving the latest one, and why it’s ...