Deserts

After years away, Anthony Ham returns to the Algerian Sahara, where ancient rock art, Tuareg hospitality and vast, wind-carved landscapes…

A journey through Chile’s far north reveals how the Atacama shaped global agriculture, redrew borders and left a political legacy…

The Great Green Wall was meant to reshape the Sahel. But as drought, bureaucracy and fading funds take their toll,…

Launched in 2007, the project to combat desertification has been hit by various challenges since its creation – so will…

Scientists think a long extinct river might be the key to solving the mystery behind how the pyramids were constructed.…

As climate change continues to drive desertification, one desert is set to undergo a surprising transformation Climate change is driving…

Scientists at Aberystwyth University reveal that massive desert star dunes are much younger than we thought Star dunes, which look…

Data shows at least 100 million hectares of healthy land is lost each year to desertification, drought and land degradation.…

Hot arid desert zone along the coasts of Peru and Chile is being eroded Peru is going green, but it’s…

The world’s drylands, and the communities they support, are under threat. We speak to the scientists looking to stop the…

Could dredging Egypt’s degraded Bardawil Lake restore rain to the arid Sinai Peninsula? The Sinai Desert was once green. Evidence…

In Morocco, oases that have harboured life for centuries are under threat The nature is so beautiful here. I come…