Deserts are often dismissed as empty wastelands of sand and sun, but these arid landscapes hide some of the most perplexing ...

Despite being 95% desert, Saudi Arabia imports construction-grade sand because desert sand is too smooth for concrete, forcing reliance on angular river and sea sand for mega projects nationwide plans ...

Uncover why Saudi Arabia and the UAE import construction-grade sand from Australia despite their vast deserts. Learn about ...

You’ll find a lot more sand than trees in the Sahara Desert, but that doesn’t mean they don’t occasionally crop up. Here’s the story of the Tree of Ténéré, as well as a couple other famous trees found ...

Many head into the Qatari desert in the cooler months, spilling out of the capital Doha to barrel down dunes in all-terrain vehicles — Karim JAAFAR With the rev of an engine and a last tremendous pull ...

One of the most rewarding to visit is Timimoun, located in the north on the shores of an immense sand sea of over 23,000sq miles. It’s nicknamed La Rouge (‘the red’) for its ochre-red mud-brick ...

The Mercedes-Benz G-Class Desert Expedition combines piloting G-Class variants through a gauntlet of dunes with glamping and ...

In northern Egypt, a vast hollow in the desert sits far below sea level, inviting a question that sounds like science fiction: what if the Mediterranean were allowed to pour in. The idea is to carve a ...

PhD Candidate, Global Centre for Mineral Security, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland Over 20 years ago, then Indonesian president Megawati Soekarnoputri banned the export of ...