A: terraforming is slow, but we're trying -- see the Sahara Forest Project B: the Sahara desert is the biggest rain-shadow in the world. It's between the Atlas

A: terraforming is slow, but we're trying -- see the Sahara Forest Project B: the Sahara desert is the biggest rain-shadow in the world. It's between the Atlas Mountains in Morrocco on the north, the Cameroon volcano chain in the southeast, and the Red Sea hills to the northeast. To make things worse, the year-round trade winds prevent Atlantic storm systems from going aground in Africa -- instead we get a hurricane season in Florida. The result is a magical place where it never rains: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MeanMonthlyP.gif http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MeanMonthlyP.gif