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

To combat the brewing drought and desertification, the African Union developed the Great Green Wall Initiative in 2007. The ...

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

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

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

A new paper reveals what lies ahead for the fastest-warming region on Earth. In 2024, the global average air temperature ...

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

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

The camps are located in a previously uninhabited part of the Sahara desert and water is scarce. Despite this, the Sahrawis have organized the camps admirably. They are, according to many experts, ...

A new review paper, led by NSIDC senior research scientist Julienne Stroeve and published in Science on February 6, 2025, ...

Every now and again, the Sahara Desert in North Africa will kick up ... lead study author from the Climate and Environment Sciences Laboratory in France, told IFLScience. The team reached these ...

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