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SNOW falls in the SAHARA as ice blankets the dunes
Ice blanketed the dunes of Ain Sefra in Algeria in the unusual phenomenon in the largest hot desert in the world, where temperatures of 58C have been recorded.
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Crossing the Sahara in the Fourteenth Century
How to make the trip from Sijilmasa to Oualata, circa 1352. By François-Xavier Fauvelle.
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Humans delayed the onset of the Sahara desert by 500 years
Humans did not accelerate the decline of the 'Green Sahara' and may have managed to hold back the onset of the Sahara desert by around 500 years, according to new research led by UCL.
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'I run for the family I'm not allowed to see'
Runner Salah Ameidan takes part in the Sahara Marathon every year - it's the closest he can get to his family, who live in territory governed by Morocco.
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This photographer hopped freight trains through the Sahara
The only way for award-winning photographer Jody MacDonald to go in search of the Mauritania coast was on top of an enormous freight train. Here, she shares scenes from her incredible journey through the Sahara.
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Did humans create the Sahara desert?
New research challenges the idea that changes in the Earth's orbit triggered Sahara desertification.
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