From a distance, the Ivanpah solar plant looks like a shimmering lake in the Mojave Desert. Up close, it’s a vast alien-like installation of hundreds of thousand of mirrors pointed at three towers, ...

Tens of thousands of years ago, on the territory of the uninhabited Sahara Desert, gardens flourished, rivers flowed, ancient people cultivated fertile lands. However, we know how it all ended - today ...

Researchers in China have assessed the impact of using up to 50% of the Sahara desert for the deployment of large scale solar power plants and have found these may impact the global cloud cover ...

and ancient channels testify that rivers ran in the center of the desert. Climate change has been like an on-off switch in the Sahara. In dry times the lakes dwindled and the plants declined to ...

Sahara Group says plans are underway to deliver a 180-megawatt power plant in Rivers State this year in addition to its current 2,000 MW capacity. The Executive Director of Sahara Group ...

The Sahara was already on its way to becoming a desert. Due to natural cycles, the area was losing moisture in the air. However, the loss of grasses due to overgrazing sped up the process. Plants ...

When you think of places that are perfectly suited for solar energy, deserts often come to mind. After all, these areas ...

But have you ever wondered what plants and animals live in a desert and how they survive there? This is the Sahara. The largest desert on Earth! Wow! It looks like it hardly ever rains here.