The vast desert of the Arabian Peninsula was not always an arid landscape. A recent study reveals that this region was once home to a vast lake and river system. These favorable conditions fostered ...

This is the key finding from an international, interdisciplinary team that documented an ancient water-sculpted landscape in ...

A new study reconstructing the Arabian Peninsula’s ancient past adds clues to how early humans left the African continent.

Arabia is synonymous with vast deserts and arid landscapes. However, this was not always the case. For much of thelast 8 million years, this region has experienced numerous humid spells, transforming ...

One of the world's largest deserts was once home to a vast lake and river system, an international team revealed in research ...

An international team of researchers, including scientists from UNIGE, has discovered that the Arabian Peninsula's desert was once shaped by a massive lake and a network of rivers. The Rub’ al-Khali, ...

One of the most arid and inhospitable places on the planet was, in the past, a green paradise with lakes and rivers. Climate ...

Some of the affected areas are normally very dry, including the Munga-Thirri-Simpson Desert, a vast arid region known ... north of Australia into the arid landscape of southern Queensland, The ...

The Empty Quarter (Rub’ al-Khali), the vast desert of the Arabian Peninsula, was not always an arid landscape. A recent study by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), King Abdullah University of ...

One of the world's largest deserts was once home to avast lake and river system, an international team revealed in research published ...