Residents say the desert is their destiny. As the world's climate gets hotter and drier, sandstorms are more frequently depositing centimeters of dunes onto ... and more sand migrates into town. And ...

(AP Photo/Khaled Moulay) A dead palm tree ... the desert is their destiny. As the world's climate gets hotter and drier, sandstorms are more frequently depositing inches and feet of dunes onto ...

Residents, seemingly resigned to their fate, speak of the desert as ... hold down the sand so it doesn’t blow too much,” Bahane said. open image in gallery A dead palm tree trunk sits ...

An abandoned house sits in sand near Chinguetti, Mauritania on Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Khaled Moulay) ...

Residents say the desert is their destiny. As the world's climate gets hotter and drier, sandstorms are more frequently depositing metres of dunes ... sand, some herders resort to cutting down ...

Colorado’s quadrant of the Four Corners is filled with secrets of the past in its rugged and sometimes desolate desert landscape ... head to the Sand Canyon South Trailhead in McElmo Canyon.

CHINGUETTI, Mauritania (AP) — For centuries, poets, scholars and theologians have flocked to Chinguetti, a trans-Saharan trading post home to more than a dozen libraries containing thousands of ...

A beautiful African city is being “swallowed by the desert” as homes disappear ... been an ongoing issue for centuries, with high sand dunes marking the western boundary and houses having ...

Al Wakrah (Qatar) (AFP) – With the rev of an engine and a last tremendous pull, Raghdan Salem Zodeh's SUV was freed from the sand and rising tides near a resort in the desert state of Qatar.

After the tough opening stage, shaped by searing temperatures and soft sand, the ADNOC Distribution ... of massive and potentially treacherous dunes close to the Saudi border.

Snow transforms the typically brown sand dunes in a Colorado national park into “ethereal world of light and color” in stunning photo. Photo by Justin Wang via Unsplash A unique combination of ...