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Sahara's Abrupt Desertification Started By Changes In Earth's Orbit, Accelerated By Atmospheric And Vegetation Feedbacks https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1

Sahara's Abrupt Desertification Started By Changes In Earth's Orbit, Accelerated By Atmospheric And Vegetation Feedbacks https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/07/990712080500.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/07/990712080500.h... Via the wikipedia article on the Sahara desert. I think many deserts come and go based on climate patterns

yesenadam 4y ago
Fascinating article, thanks. The main author Martin Claussen has many papers on that and related subjects, available here: https://mpimet.mpg.de/en/staff/martin-claussen/publications/peer-reviewed-articles https://mpimet.mpg.de/en/staff/martin-claussen/publications/... Claussen on Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=udBYQ-cAAAAJ&hl=en https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=udBYQ-cAAAAJ&hl=en