On July 1, 1905, and for a month, the Magasin d’Education et de Récréation serialized a novel by Jules Verne titled ...

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

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

This battle can be won': desert expert reveals how China's technology, funding and strategies aid ambitious environmental ...

The Great Man-Made River is a vast irrigation and water supply project, designed to transport fresh water from the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer system in the Sahara Desert to the Libyan coast for ...

David Mattingly heads a team of scholars on the Desert Migrations Project, whose work takes us to prehistory. They are time travelers who use four-wheel-drive vehicles to navigate the Sahara ...

Africa’s mega-project to help combat climate change, desertification, and land degradation has seen positive strides. The project will see a 4,722-mile green wall that will aim to restore 100 ...

A massive circular structure in the Sahara Desert has puzzled scientists for decades. Spanning 25 miles, it is so large that it can be seen from space. It is known as the Richat Structure ...

This improved habitability north and south of the central Sahara, increased recharge to rivers, and a narrower desert may have ... record during my masters project, and now I am working to better ...