Located in north-west Africa, just 140 kilometers from the Canary Islands, Western Sahara is a desert landscape with an arid climate. Since 1973, the POLISARIO liberation front has been fighting ...
Discover how the vast expanses of the Sahara are being transformed into colossal hubs of solar energy. This feature explores the cutting-edge solar power plants sprawling across the desert landscape, ...
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 ...
"That," Mattingly notes, "is an awful lot of people in the hyperarid landscape of the central Sahara." An archaeologist at the University of Leicester, he's become a slave to the desert ...
The Sahara is very likely the ... change across North Africa from the hyperarid desert it is today to a nearly completely vegetated landscape dotted with large and small lakes during the early ...
Hot deserts are found near the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. The largest hot desert is the Sahara in Africa which spans the whole width of the continent.
Sarah Dawson and a team of 20 fundraisers walked 100km (62 miles) across the Sahara Desert A veterinary nurse ... Sarah Dawson Sarah Dawson said the landscape "changed by the hour" as they covered ...