The results suggest that the radioactive dust originated in Algeria's Reggane region, but its plutonium levels didn't match ...

The Largest Hot Desert When imagining the vastness of the world, the Sahara Desert often stands out. 2 million square ...

Many countries around the world suffer from the problems caused by desertification but it is the Sahel region of Africa where the effects are greatest. The Sahel is a narrow belt of land which ...

Africa has nine deserts in total but none are arguably as famous as the Sahara. The Sahara is the largest hot desert on Earth, covering 3.5 million square miles - an area roughly the size of 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 a land covered with vegetation and lakes.

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region covers the enormous area extending from the Atlantic coast of Africa to the borders of Pakistan and Afghanistan in Central Asia and from the ...