Despite its vast expanse of sand, the Sahara is not the largest desert on the planet, that distinction goes to someplace with ...

But the Moroccan government reported that two days of continuous rain in September exceeded ... NASA Earth Observatory image of the Sahara Desert on August 14 2024 highlighting the arid conditions.

The Sahara Desert — one of the driest places on the planet, where rain is practically unheard of at this time of year — is about to experience an exceptionally rare deluge. Computer models ...

It's rain-in-the-Sahara-level messed up, apparently. As The Associated Press reports, a region of the Sahara Desert in southeastern Morocco last month experienced a surprise deluge of rainstorms ...

The world's largest hot desert, the Sahara, is being hit with unusually heavy rain. Scientists are unclear why, but it may be linked to a subdued Atlantic hurricane season. When you purchase ...

Dust from the Sahara Desert is moving across the Atlantic Ocean and could make skies hazy over the southern United States in ...

An extratropical cyclone over the Sahara Desert drenched parts of Morocco and Algeria – bringing up to a year’s worth of rain to some areas. 🌧️ @nasa’s Terra satellite captured ...

Between 11,000 and 5,000 years ago, the Sahara was covered with vegetation and lakes, according to a 2012 paper authored by De Menocal. "It looks like a desert, and then when the rain comes ...

Each year, as the Atlantic hurricane season begins, one consistent and powerful atmospheric feature makes its presence known—dust. But not just any dust!

Here's what Saharan dust is, when the next plume is expected in Florida and how it affects hurricane formation.

After several days of heavy rain and storms, another atmospheric shift is headed for Texas — this time, a plume of Saharan ...

A highly unusual deluge has left vibrant blue lagoons amid the palm trees and sand dunes of the Sahara Desert, rejuvenating ... that two days of continuous rain in September exceeded the annual ...