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Origins Rewritten: Scientists Uncover the Lush Past of the World’s Largest Sand Desert
An international team of researchers, including scientists from UNIGE, has discovered that the Arabian Peninsula's desert was ...
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A lush, green Arabian Desert may have once linked Africa and Asia
Mineral formations in caves reveal recurring periods of humidity in the Arabian Desert over the last 8 million years.
Saudi Arabia's vast desert was once a lush, green paradise
A new study reconstructing the Arabian Peninsula’s ancient past adds clues to how early humans left the African continent.
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How Did One Of The World’s Largest Lakes Turn Into The World’s Youngest Desert?
U ntil the 1960s, the Aral Sea was one of the largest inland reservoirs of water in the world. Over seven decades, the lake ...
China plans to build the world’s largest dam – but what does this mean for India and Bangladesh downstream?
The Yarlung Tansgpo / Brahmaputra dam shows we often don’t know how to deal with rivers that cross national borders.
Great Lakes basins may have formed millions of years ago from activity deep in the Earth — long before glaciers, study finds
A hotspot from underneath Earth’s crust may have created a low point that glaciers finished carving out and filling with ...
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The lush past of the world's largest desert
The vast desert of the Arabian Peninsula was not always an arid landscape. A recent study reveals that this region was once home to a vast lake and river system. These favorable conditions fostered ...
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Up To 11 Ancient Canoes Found At The Bottom Of A Wisconsin Lake — Including One That’s 4,500 Years Old
"What we thought at first was an isolated discovery in Lake Mendota has evolved into a significant archaeological site with ...
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Tracing the past along Australia's remote Kimberley Coast
On an expedition cruise from Darwin to Broome, Erin Florio takes in the epic, ancient landscapes of northwestern Australia ...
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Unearthing the lush, vibrant past of the world’s largest desert
The desert that we see today in Arabia was once a region that repeatedly underwent ‘green’ periods in the past, as a result ...
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Unearthing Lush, Vibrant Past Of World's Largest Desert
The desert that we see today in Arabia was once a region that repeatedly underwent 'green' periods in the past, as a result ...
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Firefighters make progress on containing some Carolina wildfires, but others grow
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Dry conditions, wind and trees downed by Hurricane Helene fueled wildfires in North Carolina and South ...