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Will Sahara Desert be revived by climate change?
Archaeologists and scientists have hypothesized about 12,000 years ago, the Sahara has a rich, green beauty, not an arid desert.
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The world's largest solar power project in Sahara
With an investment of 400 billion euros, a German group plans to turn the Sahara desert in North Africa into a never-ending giant energy supply for Europe.
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Dust storms from the Sahara desert cause an explosion of plankton in the East Atlantic Ocean
Scientists working on RRS Discovery are studying sand dust from the Sahara desert blown off the coast of Africa and causing an explosion of plankton in the eastern Atlan…
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Desert and green planet invasion
Occupying up to 20% of the earth's surface but that is not enough, the desert is becoming more and more
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Sahara desert sand can control storms in the Atlantic Ocean
There is a surprising link between the frequency of Atlantic storms and the sand from the Sahara: desert sand can reduce the frequency of occurrence as well as affect th…
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Where has the Sahara Desert been?
According to research results, several thousand years ago, in the position of the Sahara desert today encompasses a humid climate, there are many large rivers and lakes,…
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Plateau Tassili N 'Ajjer (Algeria)
Located in central Sahara, Eastern Central Algérie, this vast plateau (known as Hecbe called Tassili) is 72,000 km2 wide. With an average altitude of 1500m, this plateau…
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What does dust storm on Earth look like from space?
Not only in Mars but in the Earth, there have been terrible dust storms.
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The Sahara is submerged under a meter of snow
The world's hottest desert is experiencing the biggest snowfall ever since the one-meter-thick white snow covered the red sand dunes.
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Places never have winter
In Belize or Puerto Rico, the only cold thing you can feel is ice in cocktails.
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101 interesting things about the earth (Term 4)
How many minerals exist on the earth known? How many lightning strikes are there globally? The moon and the earth are born separately? ... All these questions will be an…
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Overload vehicles around the world
You can see the spectacle of cars crowded with people and goods in parts of Asia or Africa like India, Bangladesh or Niger.
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Beautiful earth image seen from space station
Celebrating the safe return of the crew, the International Space Station (ISS) has just announced stunning new images of the earth's landscape observed from the ISS stat…
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10 desert - big desert in the world
9 big deserts in the world: Sahara, Arab, Libya, Australia, Gobi, Patagonia, RubalKhali, Kalachali, Takla Maken
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Build solar fields in the Sahara desert to power Europe
Europe has long wanted to stop using fossil fuels and switch to renewable energy sources such as wind or the Sun.