The Sahara Desert wasn’t always a barren wasteland—evidence suggests it was once home to lush vegetation, rivers, and thriving wildlife. Scientists are uncovering traces of this lost ecosystem, ...

An Icy Expanse The Antarctic Desert may come as a surprise to many as it doesn't fit our conventional idea of sand and heat. Instead, it is a vast expanse of ice and snow, covering an area of about 14 ...

Scientists warn the Arctic is changing rapidly due to warming. Ice is melting, sea levels are rising, and weather patterns ...

A new review paper, led by NSIDC senior research scientist Julienne Stroeve and published in Science on February 6, 2025, ...

Africa is often synonymous with its drylands that cover two-thirds of the continent. Relief is brought through rainfall ...

A recent study suggests that dinosaurs likely originated from steamy equatorial regions like the Amazon rainforest, Congo basin, and Sahara Desert, ch ...

Dinosaurs long dominated Earth's land ecosystems with a multitude of forms including plant-eating giants like Argentinosaurus ...

When you think of places that are perfectly suited for solar energy, deserts often come to mind. After all, these areas ...

The partnership includes a program called NextAfrica, whose goal is to accompany startups and help them access STATION F’s ecosystem and UM6P’s resources in a wide range of areas. Safaa ...

The roughly three-minute video, made in collaboration with the Gush Etzion and Har Hebron Regional Councils, takes a satirical approach, imitating National Geographic films while referring to the ...

The Palestinian Authority has engaged in “years of destruction” through illegal construction in a nature reserve in the northern Judean Desert, said Israel-based NGO Regavim on Tuesday.

The ecosystems on the American Southwest’s ... s coastal scrublands and marshes to the Amazon rainforest to the Sahara Desert — sequester carbon away from the atmosphere in their limbs ...