The Sahara Desert flooded for the first time in decades. Here’s what it looks like | CNN
The Sahara Desert flooded for the first time in decades. Here’s what it looks like | CNN
A rare deluge of rain has created new lakes in the rolling sand dunes of parts of the Sahara, one of the driest places on Earth.
The Sahara is the world’s largest non-polar desert, stretching across 3.6 million square miles. Satellite images from September showed huge swaths of it carpeted in green as storms pushed further north than usual, a phenomenon some studies have linked to human-caused climate change.
More extreme rainfall events could be expected in the Sahara in the future, according to recent research, as fossil fuel pollution continues to heat up the planet and disrupt the water cycle.
Well, did not have the return of the Green Sahara on my climate bingo card.
Interestingly the sahara desert 5000 or so years ago used to be much greener with more life and vegetation. My mind always thinks it was always this way but its a sobering reminder of how things can drastically chsnge for the worst
c/doomer? In my c/news? It's more likely than you think
why is this "doomer" it seems like perfectly valid environmental news to me.
Video on the green Sahara and the cultures that existed at the time. Dude's a lib but the research is solid and it's a fun dive into an interesting set of cultures.
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