Discover how global warming could dramatically alter rainfall patterns, with scientists predicting significantly increased ...

Vast clouds of dust from the Sahara desert are moving across the Atlantic Ocean and could make for darkened skies and poor air quality in the Caribbean and US southeast in the coming days, according ...

By the end of this century, typical daily temperatures in West Africa will be even higher than those registered on the hottest days of the year at present, according to a new study by climate ...

The Sahara Desert is known as one of the driest places on Earth, receiving only about 3 inches of precipitation each year -- roughly one-tenth of what ...

UIC scientists predict the Sahara Desert could get up to 75% more rainfall by 2100. Using 40 climate models, they foresee ...

Desert storms that have sent massive plumes of dust across the oceans may have a small but significant effect on global temperatures, scientists say. New research found the microscopic particles ...

Tens of thousands of years ago, on the territory of the uninhabited Sahara Desert, gardens flourished, rivers flowed, ancient ...

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, led by archaeogeneticist Nada Salem have made a shocking discovery in the harsh climate of the Sahara desert. The discovery of ...