University of Hawaii: Ancient Rivers Reveal Multiple Sahara Desert Greenings
January 29, 2021
January 29, 2021
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Jan. 29 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release on Jan. 28, 2021:
Large parts of the Sahara Desert were green thousands of years ago, evidenced by prehistoric engravings in the desert of giraffes, crocodiles and a stone-age cave painting of humans swimming. Recently, more detailed insights were gained from a combination of sediment cores extracted from the Mediterranean Sea and results from climate computer modeling, which an internat . . .
Large parts of the Sahara Desert were green thousands of years ago, evidenced by prehistoric engravings in the desert of giraffes, crocodiles and a stone-age cave painting of humans swimming. Recently, more detailed insights were gained from a combination of sediment cores extracted from the Mediterranean Sea and results from climate computer modeling, which an internat . . .