Researchers believe rainfall and flooding changed the landscape of the arid desert to a green area some 8,000 years ago.

According to the release, the ancient lake likely reached its largest size around 8,000 years ago during a time of heavy ...

There are points in the world's geography that are taken for granted that they were always like that and, despite the passage ...

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 Science ...

Scientists managed to reconstruct the ancient landscape of the Rub’ al-Khali, providing evidence of the existence of an extinct hydrographic network and a large lake that transformed this desert into ...

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

The 159-mile long highway runs from Haradh to Al Batha, crossing the Rub Al-Khali desert. Previously, Australia's Eyre Highway held the record with approximately 91 miles of straight road.

In a major boost to its upstream ambitions, Saudi Arabia has announced the discovery of 14 new oil and gas fields and reservoirs across the Eastern Province and the Rub’ al Khali ...

home to the Rub Al Khali (Empty Quarter). As the largest uninterrupted sand mass in the world, the Empty Quarter provides the perfect backdrop for a variety of desert excursions. Whether you'd ...

Rub’ al-Khali is the largest “sand sea” in the world, but it was once filled with something quite different: water. And lots of it. Researchers suggest that the lake once reached up to 42 ...