The world's largest continuous sand desert is bigger than France - and is so desolate that it is called The Empty Quarter. Rub’ al Khali is a vast, otherworldly expanse known for its towering ...

The use of green belts and solar-powered sand-blocking technology in the Taklamakan Desert is a big step forward in fighting desertification globally. By stopping sand from spreading and using ...

Saharan dust typically travels across the Atlantic this time of year, but this could be the biggest yet of 2025 and could cause dazzling sunsets.

Desert sand is smaller (between 0.1 and 0.5 mm compared ... if you listened to it you actually got ahead of it, it wasn’t a big deal," said Ben Vann, in his first year as superintendent at ...