Sahara

Giant sand cloud from Sahara is being blown across the Atlantic and could reach Texas 

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New satellite imagery reveals a giant sand cloud from the Sahara being blown across the Atlantic and could reach as far as Texas Satellite imagery shows a giant cloud of dust from the Sahara heading to the US The cloud could reach Florida, Louisiana, and Texas within a matter of days  Dust clouds form 5,000 … Read more

Scientists reveal ferocious predators roamed Africa’s SAHARA 100 million years ago

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‘The most dangerous place in the history of planet Earth’: Scientists reveal ferocious predators including flying reptiles and crocodile-like hunters roamed Africa’s SAHARA 100 million years ago Researchers reviewed the fossils found in rocks from south-eastern Morocco At this time, the Sahara was not the desert it is today — but a vast river system It played … Read more

Sahara Ray sets pulses racing with thirst trap selfies while in coronavirus lockdown

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Hello boys! Bikini model Sahara Ray sets pulses racing with a series of thirst trap selfies while in coronavirus lockdown By Ali Daher For Daily Mail Australia Published: 06:56 BST, 21 April 2020 | Updated: 06:56 BST, 21 April 2020 Australian model Sahara Ray has an incredible figure and she isn’t afraid to show it. … Read more

From the Sahara to Somerset, the birds that bring spring

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NATURE GREENERY: JOURNEYS IN SPRINGTIME     by Tim Dee (Jonathan Cape £18.99, 355pp) One of the most joyous sights of spring is the return of the swallows, swooping and diving in the air, their forked tails slicing through the sky. Few of us give much thought to the journey that brings them back to Britain each year. … Read more

Scientists discover three new species of flying reptiles that lived in Sahara 100 million years ago

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Dragons of the desert: Scientists discover three new species of flying reptiles that lived in the Sahara more than 100 million years ago Professor David Martill, a palaeontologist at University of Portsmouth, led study It revealed a community of pterosaurs that inhabited prehistoric Morocco Identified from chunks of jaws and teeth and had wingspans of … Read more

NASA image reveals remains of an ancient lake that stretched across the Sahara 7,000 years ago

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NASA image reveals remains of an ancient lake that stretched 150,000 square miles across the Sahara 7,000 years ago – and it would have been the world’s largest today NASA snapped an image of the area that was once known as the largest lake in the world Known as ‘Mega Chad’, this lake stretched 150,000 … Read more

Fossils discovered in the Sahara reveal catfish and tilapia swam in rivers 12,000 years ago

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Fossils discovered in the Sahara reveal catfish and tilapia swam in rivers 12,000 years ago but died off from over fishing and climate changes  Experts found 17,551 identifiable fossilized remains in the Sahara near Lybia Approximately 80 percent of the fossils belonged to catfish and tilapia fish The remains had cut and burn marks on them, … Read more