New climate modeling studies suggest that large-scale solar and wind farms in the Sahara could significantly increase rainfall in the region, potentially transforming its ecosystem. The effect is ...

Seven thousand years ago, the Sahara was a lush savanna where hippos, crocodiles, elephants, and giraffes roamed across land now buried under shifting dunes. Paleoclimate records and satellite data ...

The normally dry northwestern Sahara lake, Sebkha el Melah, was filled for the seventh time since the beginning of the 21st century. This flood, in September 2024, which occurred after the study was ...

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The hyper-arid desert of Eastern Sudan, the Atbai Desert, seems like an unlikely place to find evidence of ancient cattle herders. But in this dry environment, my new research has found rock art over ...

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