The Sahara Desert is one of the driest areas in the world. It gets just 3 inches of precipitation per year—one-tenth of the ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is right to rescind its endangerment finding for greenhouse gas emissions for motor ...

Turning the Sahara into a lush, carbon-absorbing ecosystem sounds insane — but it may be the only way to save the planet from climate disaster.

In the oasis of the Mauritanian Sahara, the main refuge for date palms, climate change is tightening its grip. These ecosystems, which depend on shallow groundwater reserves, are at risk because ...

Four of the most important interconnected parts of the Earth's climate system are losing stability, according to a review article based on observational data published in Nature Geoscience. The ...

In a display of profound political ignorance and blatant disregard for historical facts, Spanish MEP Irene Montero launched an inflammatory tirade in the European Parliament, condemning the recently ...

Nearly four million people across Africa’s vast semi-arid Sahel region have been uprooted by a volatile mix of conflict, ...

Volunteers, including tourists, pick up waste as they take part in a desert cleaning campaign during the Nomads Festival in Mhamid El-Ghizlane in Morocco's southern Sahara desert on April 12, 2025.

Senegal reiterated its firm support for Morocco’s autonomy initiative as the basis for resolving the regional dispute over ...

As ancient humans left Africa, they encountered many harsh environments including the Sahara and the high Arctic, but one of ...

Thousands of Sahrawi refugees gathered on Sunday in Algeria’s Tindouf camps to commemorate the 50th anniversary of their National Unity Day.