Terraforming the Sahara Desert could green a massive area; what are the potential environmental consequences?

The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans ...

Researchers studied the DNA of two 7,000-year-old naturally mummified individuals excavated in the Takarkori rock shelter in southwestern Libya.

During a period from about 14,500 to 5,000 years ago, it was a lush green savannah ... African Humid Period, the Sahara transformed into the world's largest hot desert roughly around 3,000 BC.

The Sahara desert, once lush and green, during a time between 14,500 and ... turned the once lush oasis into the Sahara desert known today. Using genomic analysis, the researchers found that ...

The study provides critical new insights into the African Humid Period, a time between 14,500 and 5,000 years ago when the Sahara desert was a green savanna, rich in water bodies that facilitated ...

Sahara Desert, Once Lush and Green, Was Home to Mysterious Human Lineage ... other human lineages spread beyond the continent and into the Middle East, Europe and Asia - becoming the ancestors ...