Researchers believe rainfall and flooding changed the landscape of the arid desert to a green area some 8,000 years ago.

the place that geographers refer to as the Sahara-Sahel stretches across Africa between the desert and the great savanna. Though dozens of tribes and ethnic groups live in the region, which is ...

As you can see from the climate graph, plants and animals in the desert have to cope with very little water. The climate is very hot. Summer day time temperatures can exceed 40°C. However ...

The Atlas Mountains are the defining feature of the Moroccan landmass, dividing the green and more secular Morocco of the north from the desert oases, mud-walled kasbahs and Berber herders of the ...

Although large parts of this desert region are protected, it still faces threats from unsustainable land practices, mining and illegal plant harvesting. One unique way of protecting Namibia's ...

Desertification close desertificationThe spread of desert conditions in arid regions due to human activities, drought or climate change. is the process of land turning into desert as the quality ...