A Drive to Save Saharan Oases As Climate Change Takes a Toll

From Morocco to Libya, the desert oases of the Sahara’s Maghreb region are disappearing as temperatures rise and rainfall decreases. Facing daunting odds, local residents are employing traditional water conservation techniques to try to save these ancient ecosystems. Read more.

by emma bryce

Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty – Dried-out palm trees in Morocco’s Tafilalet oasis in October 2016.