Recent numerical simulations, published in , reveal that this greening of the Sahara profoundly influenced the climate of the Northern Hemisphere. Researchers, led by Dr. Marco Gaetani ...

Africa's Sahara Desert may be considered a vast expanse ... with periods of enhanced growth termed "greening." One such time of flora expansion occurred 5,000–11,000 years ago, during the ...

The "greening" of the Sahara not only represents a remarkable transformation of the hydrologic cycle, but evidence that gradual climate forcing can result in rapid climate responses. The wealth of ...

The recent greening of the Sahara may also be tied to a calmer-than-usual Atlantic hurricane season. "Because tropical waves spawned by the ITCZ are exiting Africa into the Atlantic Ocean farther ...

Elad Dente from University of Haifa, led by their student Joëlle Rieder at ETH Zurich. The Sahara Desert, one of the driest places on Earth, has not always been as arid as it is today.