A relentless giant is stirring in North Africa. The Sahara Desert, already the size of the continental United States, grows ...
(Reuters) -The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans parts of 11 countries and covers an area comparable to China or the ...
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 ...
In a rare occurrence, heavy rainfall hit the Sahara Desert this month and was captured on satellite imagery showing the unusual weather conditions cast over one the driest regions on the planet. Parts ...
The Richat Structure looks like an eye in the Saharan Desert. (Image: Copernicus Sentinel data (2025)/ ESA) European Space Agency's satellite Copernicus Sentinel-2 has unveiled some new images of ...
Julien Cooper receives funding from the Australian Research Council and Macquarie University. The hyper-arid desert of Eastern Sudan, the Atbai Desert, seems like an unlikely place to find evidence of ...