On Aug 5, 10:30 am, "oonbz" wrote:
"Fran" wrote in message

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On Aug 4, 5:21 pm, "oonbz" wrote:



"chemist" wrote in message

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On Aug 4, 4:00 am, "oonbz" wrote:

Sahara Desert Greening Due to Climate Change

July 31 2009

Desertification, drought, and despair-that's what global warming has in
store for much of Africa. Or so we hear.

Emerging evidence is painting a very different scenario, one in which
rising
temperatures could benefit millions of Africans in the driest parts of
the
continent.

Scientists are now seeing signals that the Sahara desert and surrounding
regions are greening due to increasing rainfall.

If sustained, these rains could revitalize drought-ravaged regions,
reclaiming them for farming communities.

This desert-shrinking trend is supported by climate models, which
predict
a
return to conditions that turned the Sahara into a lush savanna some
12,000
years ago.

Green Shoots

The green shoots of recovery are showing up on satellite images of
regions
including the Sahel, a semi-desert zone bordering the Sahara to the
south
that stretches some 2,400 miles (3,860 kilometers).

Images taken between 1982 and 2002 revealed extensive regreening
throughout
the Sahel, according to a new study in the journal Biogeosciences.

The study suggests huge increases in vegetation in areas including
central
Chad and western Sudan.

The transition may be occurring because hotter air has more capacity to
hold
moisture, which in turn creates more rain, said Martin Claussen of the
Max
Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg, Germany, who was not
involved
in the new study.

"The water-holding capacity of the air is the main driving force,"
Claussen
said

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...en-sahara.html

Warmest Regards

Bonzo

This may already be out of date the climate is cooling.
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Yes, it probably is.

Probably???
You can't make up your mind about reality at all can you? The only
consistent claim you make is that the IPCC is wrong. Why it's wrong is
a matter of complete indifference to you because for the filth
merchant lobby, defeating mitigation rather than getting scientific
clarity is all that matters
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Warming 1980 to 1998.
Cooling 1998 to present.
So we have had both warming and cooling since 1980!
No confusion there komrade!


pffft ...

Your text. Note date and tense:

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July 31 2009


Desertification, drought, and despair-that's what global warming has
in
store for much of Africa. Or so we hear.


Emerging evidence is painting a very different scenario, one in which
rising
temperatures could benefit millions of Africans in the driest parts of
the
continent.


Scientists are now seeing signals that the Sahara desert and
surrounding
regions are greening due to increasing rainfall.

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Proof positive that Bonzo that you don't read or can't understand your
own copy and paste, and select only on the basis of a guess that this
might help your filth merchant fellow travellers.

What a brainless git you are.

Fran