The guide shows how diverse the climate of West Africa is, from the Sahara Desert to the Sahelian zone and the savannas and open forests of the Sudanian region. By identifying plant species—whether ...

Africa's Sahara Desert may be considered a vast expanse of barren sand with limited vegetation, an extreme environment for plants and animals to thrive, but life always finds a way.

Launched in 2007 by the African Union, the Great Green Wall was originally an attempt to halt the desert in its tracks. The Sahara Desert ... Choosing plants with economic value has a very ...

Aridification slowly turned the Sahara into a desert, ending the AHP ~5,000 years ago. Researchers now know that the Sahara and North Africa more generally swing ... through the domestication of ...

Paleoclimate and archaeological evidence tells us that, 11,000-5,000 years ago, the Earth's slow orbital 'wobble' transformed today's Sahara ... North Africa from the hyperarid desert it is ...