Thousands of years ago, the Sahara Desert was not a dry land; it had rivers, lakes, and lush grasslands. This period is known ...

Rare storms temporarily create lakes in the Sahara desert, revealing surprising moisture pathways and climate connections.

A new study recently published in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, provides new insights into the meteorological ...

With this amount of sand coverage, there’s still plenty of opportunity for the formation of vast dune seas, known as ergs.

We traveled to Africa to visit Algeria, where we saw the Sahara Desert, drank foamy tea, ate bread and experienced the change ...

A team of researchers from Israel and Switzerland has discovered that heavy rainstorms from the Atlantic Ocean are ...

Analysis of Moroccan stalagmites reveals that the Sahara received increased rainfall between 8,700 and 4,300 years ago, ...

The normally dry northwestern Sahara lake ... lake on ongoing climate change and future water resources in the desert. The Sahara Desert, one of the driest places on Earth, has not always been ...

With just over 1 inch of rain since last April, Borrego Springs and Anza-Borrego Desert State Park are feeling the effects.