Residents of modern megacities are accustomed to the uninterrupted water supply to their apartments. In such comfortable ...

Water has long been at the centre of conflict in the northern regions of Mali, in West Africa. This vast water-scarce area spans 827,000 square kilometres (320,000 square miles) between the Sahara ...

Dust from the Sahara Desert, once a massive lake, travels across the Atlantic Ocean. This dust, rich in potassium and iron ...

Sahara Desert dust affects California water supply, study finds. A snowboarder enjoys the fruits of a winter storm at Mammoth Mountain.

A mighty river once coursed through what is now the Sahara Desert, one of the driest and most inhospitable places in the world, scientists said. A satellite that can peer beneath the desert sands ...

RABAT, Morocco (AP) -- A rare deluge of rainfall left blue lagoons of water amid the palm trees and sand dunes of the Sahara desert, nourishing some of its most drought-stricken regions with more ...

Palm trees are flooded in a lake caused by heavy rainfall in the desert town of Merzouga, near Rachidia, southeastern Morocco, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo) Uncredited/Associated Press ...

Water gushes through sand dunes after a rare rainfall in the Sahara desert A view of lakes caused by heavy rainfall between sand dunes in the desert town of Merzouga, near Rachidia, southeastern ...

At the encroaching edge of the Sahara Desert, community tensions are tightly bound up with the search for water. Water has long been at the centre of conflict in the northern regions of Mali, in ...