When a tiny windswept ghost town in West Texas hit the real estate market in 2023, a flurry of national headlines and widespread interest followed. Little remained of Lobo, an abandoned desert ...

Mohamed Mahmoud on the roof of his Al-Hamoni family library, of which he is curator, in Chinguetti, Mauritania. Remi Benali / Corbis The Sahara is expanding southward at a rate of 30 miles per ...