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

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

Ammar Jali, a renowned traveler and entrepreneur, continues his journey through Morocco’s most captivating landscapes.

"That," Mattingly notes, "is an awful lot of people in the hyperarid landscape of the central Sahara." An archaeologist at the University of Leicester, he's become a slave to the desert ...

In an unprecedented turn of events, regions of the Sahara Desert have been inundated by ... inches of rain fell in just one day, leaving the landscape transformed into temporary lakes.

An ambitious and bold project looks to help desertification in Africa and to combat African nations from being swallowed up ...

Mauritania's Iron Ore Train stretches across the Sahara Desert, offering an adventurous yet difficult 18-hour journey. With ...

The Sahel is a narrow belt of land which lies immediately to the south of the Sahara Desert and which extends across most of Africa. The main causes of desertification include: ...

Hot deserts are found near the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. The largest hot desert is the Sahara in Africa which spans the whole width of the continent.