Dust storms are sweeping across the world, harming the health of millions of people. Now, scientists are racing to keep the ...

You’ll find a lot more sand than trees in the Sahara Desert, but that doesn’t mean they don’t occasionally crop up. Here’s ...

Rising temperatures and erratic rainfall have supercharged the breeding of sandflies that spread the climate-driven disease ...

The Earth has diverse climates, categorized into five main zones: i.e., Tropical, Dry, Temperate, Continental, and Polar.

Discover how global warming could dramatically alter rainfall patterns, with scientists predicting significantly increased ...

The Sahara Desert is known as one of the driest places on Earth, receiving only about 3 inches of precipitation each year -- roughly one-tenth of what ...

When you think of deserts, you might envision isolated wastelands confined to single nations. Yet the world's most massive ...

UIC scientists predict the Sahara Desert could get up to 75% more rainfall by 2100. Using 40 climate models, they foresee ...

The United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution on Friday stating that genuine autonomy for Western Sahara under Moroccan sovereignty could be the most feasible solution to Rabat's 50-year ...

Best intentions to create a green wall to capture millions of tons of carbon while tackling desertification are up against a lack of funding and banditry in Jigawa State, northwestern Nigeria.

As the Saharan sun rose on my waylaid team, one morning in September 2022, it seemed to burn with particular intensity. For nearly three weeks we’d been holed up in a mud-walled compound in the oasis ...