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The Sahara Desert flooded for the first time in decades. Here’s what it looks like
(CNN) — Striking images from the Sahara Desert show large lakes etched into rolling sand dunes after one of the most arid, barren places in the world was hit with its first floods in decades.
‘Desertification is our destiny’: How this ancient African city is being buried under Sahara sand
The ancient Saharan city of Chinguetti, a historical hub for poets, scholars, and theologians and home to thousands of ...
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World's top 5 destinations for extreme sandboarding
The town of Swakopmund in Namibia is world-famous for its huge desert landscape and giant dunes that create ideal conditions ...
Tiny island beach that is the ‘Little Sahara of Italy’ with some of Europe’s tallest sand dunes
THERE’S a little-known beach in Italy that looks like the Sahara Desert. With huge golden sands, dunes and beautiful blue waters, it’s one of the most beautiful places to go on ...
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An encroaching desert threatens to swallow homes and history
Research suggests sand migration plays a significant role in desertification ... rather than areas deep in the Sahara Desert. Still, in Chinguetti, a changing climate is ushering in many of the ...
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600,000 people are working on a colossal Chinese project—comparable in size to Germany—to unexpectedly halt the Taklamakan Desert
In an extraordinary feat of environmental engineering, China has successfully surrounded the Taklamakan Desert, one of the ...
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Tiny island beach that is the ‘Little Sahara of Italy’ with some of Europe’s tallest sand dunes
THERE'S a little-known beach in Italy that looks like the Sahara Desert. With huge golden sands ... of Italy” and has some of the highest sand dunes in Europe. Piscinas is surrounded by ...