African Sahara ‘greening’ can alter Northern Hemisphere climate, modeling study finds
Comparison of model and environmental proxy reconstructions for winter temperature (a, b), summer temperature (c, d) and annual precipitation (e, f) between pre-Industrial values, paleoclimate models (MH-PMIP) and Sahara greening models (MH-GS). Credit: Climate of the Past (2024). DOI: 10.5194/cp-20-1735-2024 Africa’s Sahara Desert may be considered a vast expanse of barren sand with limited vegetation, … Read more