Researchers in China have assessed the impact of using up to 50% of the Sahara desert for the deployment of large scale solar power plants and have found these may impact the global cloud cover ...

110 million years ago, the bizarre Nigersaurus walked the lush environment in what is now Niger's Sahara Desert. It was a ...

But have you ever wondered what plants and animals live in a desert and how they survive there? This is the Sahara. The largest desert on Earth! Wow! It looks like it hardly ever rains here.

The scientists modelled what would happen if 9 million sq km of the Sahara desert was covered in renewable ... precipitation and plant growth occurs. "Wind farms increase surface roughness and ...

Desert plants may have to go without fresh water for years at a time. Some plants have adapted to the arid climate by growing long roots that tap water from deep underground. Other plants ...