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10 Remarkable Facts About the Sahara Desert
The Largest Hot Desert When imagining the vastness of the world, the Sahara Desert often stands out. 2 million square ...
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Unprecedented Flooding Transforms Sahara Desert: A Rare Rainstorm Brings Both Danger and Wonder to One of the Driest Places on Earth
By Aubree Ross Recent images from Merzouga, a small desert town in southeastern ... What are your thoughts on how climate change is affecting traditionally dry areas like the Sahara?
Earth’s Tipping Point: Arctic Meltdown Signals a Climate Catastrophe
A new paper reveals what lies ahead for the fastest-warming region on Earth. In 2024, the global average air temperature ...
Sahara rainfall historically driven by tropical plumes not monsoons, study finds
Africa is often synonymous with its drylands that cover two-thirds of the continent. Relief is brought through rainfall ...
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Unseen Sahara
This story appears in the October 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. An ancient wind is coming up from a place called deep time. The Sahara strikes us as an eternal inferno of dunes and ...
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Africa's enormous desert that's the largest in the world and covers 11 countries
Sahara’s climate is famously unforgiving ... of snow fell in Algeria, a rare sight in a desert where there’s usually not enough moisture for snow to form. The Sahara’s sand dunes are ...
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Sahara sand falls on Europe - it is radioactive; Creepy study published
Saharan sand contains radioactive isotopes of plutonium and cesium that can be transported from the great African desert to ...