The Sahara desert is a scorching plain — during the day, at least. As surprising as it may be to some people, the Sahara actually does get snow from time to time. It’s a rare occurrence ...

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Snowfall in the Sahara Desert? Just one of the stories in our round-up of the news you may have missed this week. The pager represents of "a turning point in the war" when Israel carried out an ...

Satellite imagery from the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) showed desert dust moving north across the Mediterranean Sea on Monday, February 3.“A plume of dust from the ...

An Icy Expanse The Antarctic Desert may come as a surprise to many as it doesn't fit our conventional idea of sand and heat.

The dunes of the Sahara were whitened by a layer ... Video here was provided by Karim Bouchetata, and shows snow falling as well as the unusually white desert landscape. Credit: Karim Bouchetata ...

Interestingly, though, despite its scorching reputation, the Sahara is no stranger to snow - in 2018, up to 15 inches (40cm) of snow fell in Algeria, a rare sight in a desert where there’s ...

North Africa is home to the greatest desert on Earth, the Sahara. This vast wilderness, the size of the United States, is the toughest part of the African continent – the sun rules mercilessly here.

The dunes of the Sahara were whitened by a layer of snow on New Year’s Day, video from Ain Sefra in north Algeria shows. Video here was provided by Karim Bouchetata, and shows snow falling as well as ...