Desert Rub’ Al-Khali Is the Largest “Sand Sea” in the World, but It Was a 138-Foot-Deep Thriving Lake 8,000 Years Ago. Earth has gone through a multitude of changes.

Why sea and desert sand don’t make the cut. Sea and desert sands fall short of the qualities needed for reliable construction. Sea sand, for instance, is typically smooth and fine, with rounded ...

For centuries, the Rub' al-Khali desert near Saudi Arabia and Dubai — known as the Empty Quarter — was dismissed as a lifeless sea of sand. But now, it's revealing an astonishing secret. In ...

BANGKOK, THAILAND - Media OutReach Newswire - 12 June 2025 - As the construction industry faces material shortages and climate-driven infrastructure needs, an unexpected resource is gaining importance ...

Turns out, however, that a surprising proportion of the world’s largest hot desert isn’t actually sandy at all. Just 25 percent of the Sahara’s surface is covered by sand. We say “just ...

Crossing a 1,200km sea of sand by car is no easy feat. It can seem even more daunting and seemingly almost impossible when considering doing it on foot. That, however, is what Max Calderan, a 52 ...

From a sand dune in Zhongwei, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, neat rows of photovoltaic panels stretch across the Tengger Desert, transforming the golden sands into a vast indigo sea ...

Namib Sand Sea is a desert on the coast of Namibia (Image: Getty) Archaeologists are set to scour a little-known country in search of a “human life” breakthrough.

Programme 2: Sea of Sand: Namib desert: Sue Armstrong travels to the Namib desert to discover how the plants and animals that live there manage to survive searing heat and dessicating wind, ...