FenrirIII@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agoWater gushes through sand dunes after a rare rainfall in the Sahara desertapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1342arrow-down12
arrow-up1340arrow-down1external-linkWater gushes through sand dunes after a rare rainfall in the Sahara desertapnews.comFenrirIII@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squareCethin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days agoIt will again in the future, but not because of climate change most likely. It’s caused by the earth’s axial tilt, and which way is pointing towards the sun during the Earth’s parihelion and aphelion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_humid_period
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days agoI’m not making this up. It wasn’t caused by anthropogenic climate change before, obviously, but more than one thing can shift rains.
It will again in the future, but not because of climate change most likely. It’s caused by the earth’s axial tilt, and which way is pointing towards the sun during the Earth’s parihelion and aphelion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_humid_period
I’m not making this up. It wasn’t caused by anthropogenic climate change before, obviously, but more than one thing can shift rains.