Discusses desert biomes, highlighting their unique characteristics, such as extreme temperatures, lack of water, and diverse adaptations of plants and animals. It explains how deserts are formed by ...

The top 5 largest deserts in the world aren't just hot and humid; rather, two out of the five have extreme cold situations ...

Ancient genomes from Libya’s Takarkori shelter have provided new insights into the genetic history of the Green Sahara.

Between 14,800 and 5,500 years ago, during the so-called African Humid Period, the Sahara was not the desert we know today. It was a green expanse of land, with numerous plants and ...

A new study reconstructing the Arabian Peninsula’s ancient past adds clues to how early humans left the African continent.

Today, the Sahara Desert is a hot and dry belt of sand stretching across much of northern Africa. But between 15,000 and 5,000 years ago it would have been full of rivers, plants and people. New ...

Guelmim-Oued Noun, located between the Atlantic Ocean and the Sahara Desert, is highly exposed to ... Two desalination plants are under development to diversify water sources and reduce pressure ...