Over two days in September, however, intense rain fell in parts of the desert in southeast Morocco, after a low pressure system pushed across northwestern Sahara. Preliminary NASA satellite data ...

New research has uncovered how powerful storms occasionally drench parts of theSahara Desert, forming short-lived lakes and ...

Rare storms temporarily create lakes in the Sahara desert, revealing surprising moisture pathways and climate connections.

New research reveals that only the most intense Atlantic-sourced storms are responsible for filling a normally dry lake in ...

It snowed on December 19 in the Sahara Desert, and NASA's Landsat 7 satellite was there (or rather, hundreds of miles overhead) to see it. The photo comes from Landsat 7's Enhanced Thematic Mapper ...

With this amount of sand coverage, there’s still plenty of opportunity for the formation of vast dune seas, known as ergs.

New research reveals that heavy precipitation sourced from the Atlantic Ocean, are the primary drivers of present-day lake ...

Paleoclimate and archaeological evidence tells us that, 11,000-5,000 years ago, the Earth's slow orbital 'wobble' transformed today's Sahara desert to a land covered with vegetation and lakes.

As the mechanic fretted in feeble moonlight, Sheridan mused: “The Sahara at night is so lonely, so still, so vast, so unfriendly; one feels that one has no right to be there.” Thankfully ...

As climate change progresses, projections suggest an increase in rainfall intensity and frequency in the region.

In desert communities frequented by tourists ... in August and September have given a different face to the Moroccan Sahara, better known for its frequent droughts. Houssine Youabeb is the ...