The Sahara Desert is one of the most hostile environments on the planet because it combines several physical extremes at the ...

The Sahara today is shorthand for desolation, a vast belt of sand and rock that helps define the climate of an entire ...

One of the driest regions on earth is shifting green, as an influx of heavy rainfall causes vegetation to grow in the typically barren landscape. Satellite images released by NASA show pockets of ...

Researchers in China have assessed the impact of using up to 50% of the Sahara desert for the deployment of large scale solar power plants and have found these may impact the global cloud cover ...