Did you know the largest desert in the world isn’t hot? It’s cold! Surprised? A desert doesn’t need to be sandy—it just has to be very dry. Antarctica is the largest desert on Earth. This continent, ...

What is the largest desert in the world? These desert facts may surprise you The world's largest desert spans approximately 5.37 million square miles, but it’s probably not the one you’re picturing.

Map showing (in red) the areas where heavy erosion was detected by satellite radar images following Storm Daniel in the watersheds of Eastern Libya and how the the streams loaded with high amounts of ...

URUMQI -- The Taklimakan Desert sand-blocking green belt project in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, which celebrated its first anniversary on Friday, has effectively protected ...

For those who find themselves awed by arid landscapes, there’s no place like Africa. The continent boasts nine separate deserts, including a vast Sahara that sprawls across much of the north, the rust ...

The Empty Quarter (Rub’ al-Khali), the vast desert of the Arabian Peninsula, was not always an arid landscape. A recent study by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), King Abdullah University of Science ...

FILE PHOTO: A man leads camels at the edge of the Taklamakan Desert in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region BEIJING (Reuters) - China has finished a 46-year campaign to encircle its largest desert with ...

Saudi Arabia is home to one of the world's biggest deserts - Copyright AFP FRANCK FIFE Saudi Arabia is home to one of the world's biggest deserts - Copyright AFP ...