Scientists have just uncovered an incredible link between the world’s largest desert (the Sahara) and its largest rainforest (the Amazon). New research published in Geophysical Research Letters ...

Two different parts of the world. Two different landscapes. Two different places. Can they ever be connected? Surprisingly, the answer is, yes! The dry Sahara was the lifeblood for the vibrant and ...

The Amazon rainforest is fertilized in part by phosphorus from a dry lake bed in the Sahara desert, researchers say in a new report that shows how different parts of our planet are connected in deep ...

This is incredible: NASA scientists recently studied in detail how dust from the seemingly barren Sahara Desert gets picked up by strong winds and carried more than 3,000 miles across the Atlantic ...

The Amazon River basin contains the world's largest tropical rain forest, with the highest biodiversity of plant species on Earth. The Sahara is the world's largest, hottest desert — a place where ...