The structures, burial grounds and large number of significant artefacts unearthed there, and their well-preserved state due to the dry desert climate, make this site a rich source of information ...

While deserts are traditionally characterized by a dry climate with low levels of vegetation, the Sahara has been much greener than usual as of late — mainly due to climate change. Between July ...

The climate in a desert is hot and dry. The climate in the tropics is warm and wet. The climate of a particular area is the largest determinant to the life found there. Climate is a key focus in ...

A new study recently published in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, provides new insights into the meteorological ...

Tiny, cold-blooded animals like flies depend on their environment to regulate body temperature, making them ideal "canaries ...

Repetitive dry season fires have occurred in the African ... They cover between 26–35% of the land surface of the Earth. The climate of deserts is dominated by low precipitation, generally ...

As you can see from the climate graph, plants and animals in the desert have to cope with very ... The climate is very dry with less than 250 mm of rainfall a year. There is also a big variation ...

and dry winds. It whispers to us about a history of repeated jolts of climate change and of the advance and retreat of humanity. David Mattingly heads a team of scholars on the Desert Migrations ...

A team of researchers from Israel and Switzerland has discovered that heavy rainstorms from the Atlantic Ocean are the main cause of lake filling in the northwestern Sahara today, the Hebrew ...