Sahara
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Earth
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…
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Environment
Study confirms record Sahara dust event hit Spain from 2020 to 2022
Cabo de Gata, Almeria during the dust event on March 15, 2022 | Eva de Mas (EEZA-CSIC). Credit: Eva De Mas (EEZA-CSIC) A study by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), an agency belonging to Spain’s Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, shows that during 2020 the most intense Saharan dust event ever recorded in Spain and Portugal’s air quality…
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