A new study reveals that before northern Africa dried out, 5,500 years ago, its climate “flickered” between two stable climatic states before tipping permanently. This is the first time it’s been shown such flickering happened in Earth’s past. And it suggests that places with highly variable cycles of changing climate today may in some cases be headed for tipping points of their own.
Surreale Bilder lassen sich derzeit in #Athen aufnehmen. Die griechische Hauptstadt wurde im Laufe des Dienstags von einer gewaltigen Wolke #Sahara-Staub eingehüllt.
Ještě krátký návrat k saharskému písečnému prachu na přelomu března a dubna. Takto se projevil na našich filtrech v rámci staniční sítě imisního monitoringu. Vzorkuje se vždy 24 hodin. Vyfotil jsem i srovnání jeden den před, tři dny epizody přechodu saharského písečného prachu a jeden den po.
"Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison journeys with the UN World Food Programme to the Northern border of Senegal to see an innovative land recovery project within the Great Green Wall of Africa that is harvesting rainwater, increasing food security, and rehabilitating the ecosystem."
This follows comments made by Zelenskyy in 2023 that the army needed 500,000 more men and pressure from the West to lower #Ukraines age of conscription.
Due to a #heatwave in the #mediterranean unusually high air temperatures have brought sand from the Sahara to Ukraine, reported the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center.
È da quando ero bambino che vedo periodicamente la #sabbia del #Sahara trasportata occasionalmente dalle nuvole fino nei nostri cieli. Un fenomeno normalissimo. Questo è il primo anno che ne sento parlare dai media con un tono immotivatamente panicheggiante.
I giornalisti sono veramente terribili a volte.
Am heutigen Karsamstag erreicht viel Saharastaub Deutschland. Das Wetterphänomen unterliegt zyklischen Schwankungen. Für dieses Wochenende spricht der Deutsche Wetterdienst von einer "seltenen Intensität".
Pierwszy raz mamy tak silny „atak” pyłu znad Sahary jak dzisiaj. Wczoraj na Twitterze IMGW pokazywało grafikę, że u nas może zrobić się pomarańczowo, ale nie spodziewałem się, że tak będzie. No nic, trochę to pogodę psuje, bo od rana miało być słonecznie, ale trzeba się przyzwyczaić, będzie takie „akcji” coraz więcej… #sahara#pyl#pogoda#klimat#kochamwies#kochambycwiesniakiem
🇬🇧 🤝 🏜️ 🐪 #Britain is moving forward with a plan to connect it's electrical grid to #solar and wind farms in the #Sahara
Once completed, it's should bring up to 3.6GW of power to the UK (roughly the same as 5-6 #nuclear reactor's worth of power), supplying #renewable#energy for up to 8% of the country's electricity demand 🌞
> #Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison journeys with the UN World Food Programme to the Northern border of #Senegal to see an innovative land recovery project within the Great Green Wall of Africa that is harvesting rainwater, increasing food security, and rehabilitating the ecosystem.
Im Wüstensand der Sahara sollen künftig Bäume und andere Pflanzen wachsen - so zumindest das Ziel eines Wissenschaftlers aus Deutschland. Wie realistisch ist die Idee? Von Johanna Wahl.
The next major geopolitical conflict is brewing in the Sahel region, in the north-central stretch of Africa south of the Sahara. Islamists and armed militias are plunging the entire region into chaos, and it is even possible a new jihadist emirate may emerge. Experts are already predicting there will be thousands of new...
Our Next Geopolitical Crisis Will Be African — In The Sahel (worldcrunch.com)
The next major geopolitical conflict is brewing in the Sahel region, in the north-central stretch of Africa south of the Sahara. Islamists and armed militias are plunging the entire region into chaos, and it is even possible a new jihadist emirate may emerge. Experts are already predicting there will be thousands of new...