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

When imagining the vastness of the world, the Sahara Desert often stands out. 2 million square kilometers, it ranks as the largest hot desert on our planet. To give you a sense of scale ...

A new study recently published in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, provides new insights into the meteorological ...

The Sahara Desert, located in West Africa, is the largest hot desert in the world. While deserts are traditionally characterized by a dry climate with low levels of vegetation, the Sahara has been ...

When Zhang first arrived in Mauritania in 2011, he was determined to transform this arid land into a flourishing green oasis ... have now taken root in the Sahara Desert. Between 2020 and 2024 ...