An international team has sequenced the first ancient genomes from the so-called Green Sahara, a period when the largest desert in the world temporarily turned into a humid savanna-like environment.

HyveGeo believes it can turn the desert green and remove carbon from the atmosphere – using biochar and microscopic algae.

Spearheaded by artist and University of Cincinnati professor Mark Harris, The Enduring Impact of the African Plant Diaspora is an immersive experience featuring 30 to 35 paintings, literature, and ...

A desert native, and high school biology teacher is on a mission to connect her high school students with the beauty and ...

Sometimes words fall hopelessly short. This might explain the silences between the two botanists as their vehicle crunches ...

In Argentina’s Neuquén province, local laws require that when oil companies decommission a drilling site in the Monte Desert, they dig furrows across the site to promote plant growth ...

but also to Africa and Madagascar. There is speculation that it made its way from the Americas to the Old World and quickly established itself sufficiently to be considered a native plant to that ...

Africa is fighting desertification with a 7,600km Great Green Wall. Could this be the key to stopping the Sahara from spreading? #ClimateAction #Reforestation #Africa Trump effect on NATO spending ...

The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) and Eritrea have signed an agreement for $19.5 million in grant funding for the Desert to Power Eritrea 12MW Mini Grid Project. Eritrea’s Minister of ...

The title refers not to Islam’s holy place but to an eccentric old widow’s sculpture garden in the South African desert. While this setting would seem to be surprisingly devoid of political ...