Residents of modern megacities are accustomed to the uninterrupted water supply to their apartments. In such comfortable ...

The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans ...

In thousands of years to come, the Sahara will one day be full of life, vegetation, and vital water once again.

These wild swings happen because of the desert’s dry air and sandy terrain. Unlike humid regions, where water vapour traps heat overnight, the Sahara’s atmosphere has almost no moisture.

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The study provides critical new insights into the African Humid Period, a time between 14,500 and 5,000 years ago when the Sahara desert was a green savanna, rich in water bodies that facilitated ...

Sahara Desert, Once Lush and Green ... it was a lush green savannah rich in bodies of water and teeming with life. And, according to DNA obtained from the remains of two individuals who lived ...

An international team has sequenced the first ancient genomes from the so-called Green Sahara, a period when the largest desert in the world temporarily turned into a humid savanna-like environment.