About 70% of the Earth's freshwater is found in the form of ice caps and glaciers -it is frozen. Out of this, the majority is actually in one place: covering the continent of Antarctica.
One could argue that there is
more water in the oceans, but it's not fresh water- it's salty water, so it's not good to drink.
The Sahara Desert blankets nearly all of Mauritania, Western Sahara, Algeria, Libya<span>, </span>Egypt<span> and </span>Niger<span>; the southern half of </span>Tunisia<span>; and the northern parts of </span>Mali<span>, Chad and Sudan.</span>
The first answer would be when charged particles from the sun hit the Earths atmosphere and turn into electrons.
Then your next answer is the convection of the heat is similar to the suns.
I hope this helps you out.