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the green sahara is collapsing

& what it has to do with climate change

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July 02, 2024

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Understanding the Green Sahara’s Collapse

Abrupt shifts within complex systems such as the Earth's climate system are extremely hard to predict. Researchers have now succeeded in developing a new method to anticipate such tipping points in advance. They successfully tested the reliability of their method using one of the most severe abrupt climate changes of the past: the shift of the once-green Sahara into a desert.(See More)

Mapping Amazon's Climate Vulnerabilities in Drought

Some areas of the Amazon rainforest are more resilient to drought than others, new research shows. But if not managed carefully, we could 'threaten the integrity of the whole system,' researchers say. (See More)

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