Lightweight clothing that covers skin from sun exposure is advisable, along with sturdy boots to protect feet from hot sand.

is facing an existential threat from the encroaching desert. Shifting sands, a constant presence, have already buried the city’s 8th-century heart and are now steadily advancing on its current ...

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

Due to economic necessity, many Malawian women engage in illegal sand mining, exacerbating environmental degradation. As ...

A jaw-dropping discovery has been made beneath the world's longest, driest desert, revealing a 5,000-year-old civilization ...