The Sahara’s notorious aridity is not only relatively recent—it is cyclical, alternating with many wet periods over millions of years. During the most recent wet period, left, which lasted from 5,500 ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Scientists have cast new light on the age of the Sahara—the largest hot ...

The Sahara Desert in Merzouga, Morocco, is famous for its vast golden sand dunes that seem to stretch endlessly into the horizon. This iconic desert landscape offers a unique blend of tranquility and ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. In a rare occurrence, heavy rainfall hit the Sahara Desert this month ...

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View of Takarkori shelter from the west. Photo by Savino di Lernia, 2020 Ancient food waste holds the history of the Sahara desert’s climate in its bones. Nearly 5,000 years worth of fossilized ...

The vast Sahara Desert in Africa is inhospitable to plants and animals, but quite suitable for movie sets such as Luke Skywalker’s desert home planet of Tatooine in Star Wars. But it could be home to ...

Snowfall in a hot desert may seem a contradiction but snow has been recorded several times in the Sahara Desert over the last decades, most recently in January 2022. Thus, snowfall may be unusual but ...