The north of Africa shares a boundary with Asia. Africa is surrounded by the Indian Ocean in the east ... Sand dunes in the Sahara desert in Africa. The Sahara Desert is the world’s largest ...
In September-October 2005, a dramatic geological event unfolded in the Ethiopian Desert, as more than ... (ref) Slow Birth of a New Ocean in East Africa Through this rift, a new ocean could ...
In East Africa's dry Afar region, the meeting point of three tectonic plates had been ... of a new ocean. One visible sign of ...
Analysis - Scientists have found new evidence that desertification, potentially linked to global warming, leads to large amounts of nutrient-rich dust landing in the sea, causing ocean algae to grow ...
The Sahara Desert, located in West Africa ... "Because tropical waves spawned by the ITCZ are exiting Africa into the Atlantic Ocean farther north than usual, they have been encountering cooler ...
Yet more than one billion people, one-sixth of the Earth's population, actually live in desert regions. Deserts cover more than one-fifth of the Earth's land area, and they are found on every ...