Rare storms temporarily create lakes in the Sahara desert, revealing surprising moisture pathways and climate connections.

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

In the heart of the Sahara Desert, where endless dunes meet rocky plateaus, an unexpected refuge exists: the Guelta of Matmata in Mauritania. This remote oasis is home to one of the last groups of ...

and that combined with tropical plume rainfall to the north, this suggests that the desert narrowed significantly in this period. This improved habitability north and south of the central Sahara ...

“It’s a city surrounded by an ocean of sand that’s advancing every minute,” El Wely, the president of the local Association for Participatory Oasis ... deep in the Sahara Desert.

In desert communities frequented by tourists ... in August and September have given a different face to the Moroccan Sahara, better known for its frequent droughts. Houssine Youabeb is the ...

Paleoclimate and archaeological evidence tells us that, 11,000-5,000 years ago, the Earth's slow orbital 'wobble' transformed today's Sahara desert to ... air from the tropical Atlantic.

This air mass originates in the Sahara Desert. In tropical latitudes this air mass is hot to very hot, with low relative humidity, bringing stable weather. As the ITCZ moves north it carries the ...