Was the Eye of the Sahara the real Atlantis, as many theorist claim? What does the evidence really reveal about this popular ...

A relentless giant is stirring in North Africa. The Sahara Desert, already the size of the continental United States, grows ...

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The fascinating but little-known history of how the Sahara was transformed from a pleasant green and fertile land into the largest hot desert in the world. Green Sahara. (Collage by Kuat Abeshev.

Think of the Sahara Desert. What do you see? Most of you are probably envisioning a dune sea filled with wave after wave of windswept sand scorched by a relentless sun. The sight seems almost endless ...

What if the solution to the world’s energy crisis was hiding in plain sight, beneath miles of burning sand? The Sahara Desert, stretching across North Africa, may seem barren and inhospitable. But in ...

Standing atop a small dune deep in the Sahara Desert, a team of scientists stared at a freshly opened grave. Three human skeletons lay on their sides, as though they’d drifted off to sleep in the ...