All posts tagged "Deserts"

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  An encroaching desert threatens to swallow Mauritania’s homes and history

  CHINGUETTI, Mauritania — For centuries, poets, scholars and theologians have flocked to Chinguetti, a trans-Saharan trading post home to more than a...

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  Tropical Cyclone Zelia Makes Landfall in Northwest Australia

  Tropical Cyclone Zelia made landfall on Friday afternoon in northwestern Australia, bringing intense rain and destructive winds to a sparsely populated region...