BACKGROUND The traditional knowledge of local communities throughout the world is a valuable source of novel ideas and information to science. In this study, the ethnoveterinary knowledge of Sahrawi pastoralists of Western Sahara has been used in order to put forward a scientific hypothesis regarding the competitive interactions between camels and caterpillars in the Sahara ecosystem. METHODS...

In this study, Particulate Matter (PM) samples, collected during 2 summer and 2 winter months over a long-term period (1984–2012) at a suburban site in Athens (Greece), were used in order to examine the connection between Sahara dust long range transport events and mass concentrations of the aerosol mineral component, as well as the relative abundance of specific crustal components. As a result...

What a genius, building home for more than 10 centuries in the Sahara desert with all necessary amenities to withstand hyper-arid climate like that of Timimoun and Tiout. During our work missions during period: 2000-2019 south-west Sahara, we were interested feeding ksours by foggaras. This study shows ksar water remains an unresolved problem ksouriens Sahara. Two success stories this area have...

Tropical cyclones (TCs) can have devastating socioeconomic impacts. Understanding the nature and causes of their variability is of paramount importance for society. However, historical records of TCs are too short to fully characterize such changes and paleo-sediment archives of Holocene TC activity are temporally and geographically sparse. Thus, it is of interest to apply physical modeling to ...

Financial Statement of a company is a reflection of the operational and financial position of a company. The comparative analysis of two companies similar in nature, size, work, location and objectives etc., facilitates an understanding of the operational and financial soundness of the companies. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is aiming for rapid industrialization in its economy. Sahara Petrochemi...