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A 2,280km artificial river project in the Sahara Desert.
Spanning 2,820 km, the network of pipelines and channels belonging to the Giant River project is often described as the world's largest underground water system.
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What if we turned the Sahara desert into a solar 'battery'?
Theoretically, we could meet the world's current energy needs by covering 1.2% of the Sahara Desert with solar panels.
Environment
Lakes appear across the Sahara desert after floods
Satellite images show lakes dotting the Sahara desert after a cyclone dumped a year's worth of rain on northern Africa in just days.
Environment
Sahara Desert Suddenly Flooded by Thunderstorms, Lake Dry for 50 Years Now Filled with Water
When talking about the Sahara desert, everyone probably thinks of the intense heat and vast, dry sand. But surprisingly, many areas of this desert have been flooded afte…
Archeology
Strange 9,000-year-old rock art of swimmers in what is now the Sahara desert
Thousands of years ago, the Sahara Desert was not a dry, sandy land but a lush green oasis.
Archeology
100 million years ago, the Sahara Desert was inhabited by crocodiles that could run like athletes
According to scientists, SuperCroc crocodiles can run at speeds of up to 32 km/h over short distances. This speed is equivalent to the running speed of an Olympic-level…
Science story
What lies beneath the thick sands of the Sahara desert in Africa?
Currently, the world's desert area has reached 30 million square kilometers, accounting for 20% of the total land area.
Science story
Using radar to measure the depth of the Sahara desert, scientists discovered a giant 'thing' below
The Sahara is always mentioned as one of the largest deserts in the world and stretches across 12 countries. So how deep is the Sahara? What's underneath its sand?
Archeology
Explore the mysterious ancient citadel in the Sahara desert
The Sahara Desert in Northeast Niger (Africa) is a land that is almost beyond human understanding.
Environment
Rare snow covers the Sahara desert
Snow and ice cover the sand in the Sahara Desert after the temperature here dropped to -2 degrees Celsius under the influence of a high-pressure cold air mass.
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Mysterious murals in the Sahara Desert
These mysterious paintings are the crystallization of a brilliant ancient civilization. Until now, those frescoes have become one of the great mysteries in the history o…
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The satellite captures an unprecedented 'ghost sea' in the Sahara Desert
Special satellite images of NASA have highlighted the subtlety elevation in an area of the Sahara Desert, revealing the silhouette of a mysterious water world wider th…
Archeology
The arid Sahara desert used to be the place where the largest marine creatures lived
From fossils found in the Sahara desert, northern Mali, scientists recreate the image of extinct animals and discover many surprises.
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Does the Sahara become a giant solar plant?
Anyone who visits the Sahara is impressed by the heat and sun in this desert. In addition to a few oases with only small vegetation, the rest are mostly covered with roc…
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Amazing facts in world history
There are so many incredible, incredible events that have happened in history like the Sahara desert that once had snow, people used to make medicine from human bodies .…