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Modeling study reveals that ‘greening’ of Africa’s Sahara Desert could change the climate of the Northern Hemisphere

Winter temperature (a, b), summer temperature (c, d), and annual precipitation (e, f) between preindustrial values, paleoclimate model (MH-PMIP), and Sahara Greening Model (MH). Comparison of the reconstructed model and environmental surrogate-GS). Credit: Past Climate (2024). DOI: 10.5194/cp-20-1735-2024 Africa’s Sahara Desert may be considered an extreme environment for flora and fauna to thrive, with vast expanses of barren sand and…