Explore the best deserts in the world. These vast open landscapes offer an outdoor experience with plenty of opportunities to ...

The Sahara Desert has expanded by about 10 percent since 1920, according to a new study conducted by University of Maryland researchers. This represents roughly an area the size of South Dakota being ...

But there's somewhere else on the planet that constitutes a desert and is even bigger: the desert of Antarctica. The continent of Antarctica is on average the driest, coldest and windiest of the ...

The fascinating but little-known history of how the Sahara was transformed from a pleasant green and fertile land into the largest hot desert in the world. Green Sahara. (Collage by Kuat Abeshev.

When Saharan dust reaches the UK and Europe, as a huge country-sized cloud did over the past few days, it can transform the sky. Tiny particles drifting in the atmosphere scatter blue light while ...