Residents of modern megacities are accustomed to the uninterrupted water supply to their apartments. In such comfortable ...

The Sahara Desert, located in West Africa, is the largest hot desert in the world. While deserts are traditionally characterized by a dry climate with low levels of vegetation, the Sahara has been ...

Wadisuchus kassabi is both a new species and the first member of a new genus, or group of species that share physical similarities and an evolutionary line. The species was named after the valley ...

In a study supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation, researchers from the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland found that the Sahara ...

The world’s most forbidding deserts could be the best places on Earth for harvesting solar power – the most abundant and clean source of energy we have. Deserts are spacious, relatively flat, rich in ...

You have probably heard about the breathtaking rock arches of Utah's National Parks. How about Mother Nature's Fairy Bridge in China, the world's largest natural stone arch? These geological marvels ...

If current climate trends don’t quickly change, an estimated 2 billion to 3.5 billion people will be forced to live in Sahara Desert-like heat in about 50 years. The study, which was published in the ...