The Arabian Desert, today the largest expanse of windswept sand dunes on Earth, experienced recurring periods of humidity millions of years ago, researchers report April 9 in Nature. The study may ...

The Saharo-Arabian Desert is one of the largest biogeographic barriers on Earth, hindering the dispersal of animals between Africa and Eurasia, and is at least eleven million years old. How did ...

Recent research suggested the so-called Empty Quarter, the vast desert of the Arabian Peninsula, had been in place for at least 11 million years, making it one of the largest biogeographic barriers on ...

The Saharo-Arabian Desert is one of the largest biogeographical barriers on Earth, impeding dispersals between Africa and Eurasia, including movements of past hominins. Recent research suggested that ...

Dromedary camels walk through sand dunes in the Arabian Desert near Margham, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. A new study adds evidence to theories that this region was once a wet, green climate.

The picture shows a cave in the north of Saudi Arabia. The Saharo-Arabian Desert experienced repeated wetter periods over the past eight million years. Wetter conditions favoured the exchange of ...

The picture shows a cave in the north of Saudi Arabia. Credit: Hubert Vonhof, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry Isotope analysis of limestone cave deposits indicates repeated humid periods in the ...

Isotope analyses of limestone cave deposits reveal recurrent humid intervals in the Saharo-Arabian Desert over the last eight million years. Dripstones reveal: The Saharo-Arabian Desert experienced ...

The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix is upon us this weekend, and for viewers based in the UK, here is a handy guide for how you are able to watch the race live. It could be another thriller under the ...

The most Government spokesmen will concede is that we may experience climate change by the end of the twentyfirst century, to counter which, they have laid down elaborate goals for 2050 or 2070.