The Sahara is the world’s largest hot desert. It spans across 11 countries in northern Africa: Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Western Sahara, Sudan and Tunisia.

In June 2020, a record-breaking cloud of Sahara dust smothered the Caribbean. The size and concentration of the plume hadn't been seen in half a century, prompting forecasters to nickname it the ...

Large scale wind and solar farms in the Sahara could power the planet and turn the desert green. (Luca Galuzzi; Creative Commons Share Alike 2.5 ) ...

A massive cloud of dust from the Sahara Desert blanketed most of the Caribbean on Monday in the biggest event of its kind this year as it heads toward the United States. The cloud extended some ...

But it only rains a total of five days a year.” The Algerian Sahara is also home to several animals like the desert fox, wild sheep, jackal and gazelle. Their footprints prove it.

Heavy rains that drenched portions of the Sahara Desert this past summer filled lakes in Algeria that are typically dry for years at a time. These lakebeds are a remnant of a time thousands of ...

12:58, Sat, Jun 28, 2025 Updated: 13:02, Sat, Jun 28, 2025 When someone thinks of a desert, there is usually one that springs to mind straight away, the Sahara. The African desert is massive, in ...

Rare Sahara Desert rain sends water gushing through palm trees and sand dunes 'It's been 30 to 50 years since we've had this much rain in such a short space of time' ...

HALIFAX — Tiny grains of sand from the Sahara Desert are to blame for the almost month-long lull in this year’s Atlantic hurricane season, scientists say.

HALIFAX - Tiny grains of sand from the Sahara Desert are to blame for the almost month-long lull in this year’s Atlantic hurricane season, scientists say. But it could soon come to an end. Every ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A massive cloud of dust from the Sahara Desert blanketed most of the Caribbean on Monday in the biggest event of its kind this year as it heads toward the United States.