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

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

An Icy Expanse The Antarctic Desert may come as a surprise to many as it doesn't fit our conventional idea of sand and heat.

Scientists warn the Arctic is changing rapidly due to warming. Ice is melting, sea levels are rising, and weather patterns ...

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 ...

In October 2023, Zhang brought Juncao grass seeds to Mauritania from a field in China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. He ...

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

A new study by BirdLife Greece shows that climate change is making bird migration more dangerous A new study published by the ...

Since the “Saharan Gold Rush” in the 1990s, one researcher has been fighting for the North African country’s contributions to ...

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and ...