Earth’s largest hot desert, the Sahara, is getting bigger, a new study finds. It is advancing south into more tropical terrain in Sudan and Chad, turning green vegetation dry and soil once used for farming into barren ground in areas that can least afford to lose it.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
The Sahara is growing, thanks in part to climate change
By Darryl Fears
March 29, 2018 at 5:26 p.m. EDT