A mass of hot air from the Sahara desert dumped dust on large parts of Spain including Madrid on Tuesday, colouring the sky orange and coating cars and streets.
Environment
Mar 15, 2022
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A giant, geological wonder in the Sahara Desert of Mauritania is pictured in this satellite image.
Earth Sciences
May 2, 2014
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The need for food, animal feed and fuel in the Sahel belt is growing year on year, but supply is not increasing at the same rate. New figures from 22 countries indicate falling availability of resources per capita and a continued ...
Environment
Oct 16, 2014
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Every day, millions of microorganisms reach Spain from the Sahara Desert and the Sahel region - by flying.
Earth Sciences
Jul 30, 2010
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This Landsat-8 image from 4 July 2014 shows Lake Chad in West Africa's Sahel region – a transition zone between the Sahara Desert to the north and savannahs and woodlands to the south.
Environment
Sep 5, 2014
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Society today might think of science parks, technology centres, business incubators and knowledge precincts as being entirely modern phenomena, representative of the great advances of human endeavour sparked into the life ...
Social Sciences
Jul 18, 2013
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A new study led by the Wildlife Conservation Society and Zoological Society or London warns that the world's largest tropical desert, the Sahara, has suffered a catastrophic collapse of its wildlife populations.
Ecology
Dec 3, 2013
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The vast region of Africa known as the Sahel will descend into large-scale drought, famine, war and terrorist control if immediate, coordinated steps are not taken to avert the perfect storm of climate change and the most ...
Environment
Apr 10, 2013
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If alien technological civilizations exist, they almost certainly use solar energy. Along with wind, it's the cleanest, most accessible form of energy, at least here on Earth. Driven by technological advances and mass production, ...
Astronomy
May 23, 2024
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We were in Obalende: a bustling working-class neighborhood of office buildings, shops and residential areas, on Lagos Island, Nigeria. During the day, the neighborhood teems with small market stalls selling all manner of ...
Economics & Business
Nov 9, 2021
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