FenrirIII@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWater gushes through sand dunes after a rare rainfall in the Sahara desertapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1372arrow-down11cross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.net
arrow-up1371arrow-down1external-linkWater gushes through sand dunes after a rare rainfall in the Sahara desertapnews.comFenrirIII@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square40fedilinkcross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.net
minus-squareCethin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month agoIt will again in the future, but not because of climate change hopefully. It’s originally 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-up1·1 month 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 hopefully. It’s originally 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.