(CNN) — Striking images from the Sahara Desert show large lakes etched into rolling sand dunes after one of the most arid, barren places in the world was hit with its first floods in decades.

New research has uncovered how powerful storms occasionally drench parts of theSahara Desert, forming short-lived lakes and ...

Rare storms temporarily create lakes in the Sahara desert, revealing surprising moisture pathways and climate connections.

A new study recently published in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, provides new insights into the meteorological ...

With this amount of sand coverage, there’s still plenty of opportunity for the formation of vast dune seas, known as ergs.

The Sahara Desert, located in West Africa ... which brought a downpour of rain to regions that hardly receive any, according to NASA's Earth Observatory. "What's also fascinating is that normally ...

In desert communities frequented by tourists ... in August and September have given a different face to the Moroccan Sahara, better known for its frequent droughts. Houssine Youabeb is the ...

Human communities have pulsed here like the explosion of plants after a rare rain. When moist ... Scratched on the desert's rocks are the memories of a wetter Sahara, when water-dependent ...

It was once filled with rivers, lakes, and grasslands, supporting wildlife and human settlements. Shivam Verma Updated : Mar ...

Dubliners may see dust from the Sahara Desert on their cars after rain showers this weekend. A plume of dust from the African ...