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The Reality Of "Climate Change": When The Sahara Was Once The Green Sahara

Started by GLR, Wed 30 Mar 2022

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The Sahara As We Know It Today Versus The Green Sahara It Once Was!

March 28th, 2022



The Sahara Desert is the largest desert in the world. Covering over 3.6 million square miles (9.3 million square kilometers), it is more or less equal to the entire United States. However, ten thousand years ago

The Sahara Desert is the largest desert in the world. Covering over 3.6 million square miles, it is more or less equal to the entire United States. However, ten thousand years ago, before this immense track of land became the dry Sahara Desert, it was known as the wet Green Sahara, a lush paradise of human, animal, and plant life. With so much land, it'd be easy to believe that it was inhabited by just as many people as there are in the US, but it's actually quite the opposite. The Sahara Desert of today is only inhabited by approximately 2.5 million people... In the Green Sahara period there were millions more people living across the region and untold animal diversity.


Sprawling with sand dunes and sand-covered plains, the average high temperature in the summer months is over 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius)... Though the present-day Sahara doesn't sound like a very pleasant environment, it is actually preferred by the over 500 plant species and 250 animal species that call the Sahara home today. Between cacti, arthropods, arachnids, reptiles, mammals, and avians,.. is how it became a dry region over several thousands of year, when we know it was once the wet Green Sahara. Research has clearly shown that the Sahara wasn't always the dry, sandy landscape it currently is. In fact, the Sahara used to be as green as the Amazon, a verdant oasis filled with thousands of diverse species. For archaeologists and anthropologists, the Green Sahara period is well understood, with more than enough evidence to show that it was once a lush paradise. .. it was a lush landscape filled with green plants and a plethora of animal species. Not only did it have much more plant life, but it also had a massive "mega lake" that spread over 42,000 square miles! This higher water quantity is thought to have significantly contributed to the high amount of vegetation and species diversity in the region at a time that our first civilizations were rising in Mesopotamia.



In addition to this unnamed "mega lake", during the Green Sahara period Lake Chad, then known as the "Megachad," was more than ten times larger than it is today. These giant lakes were supplied with water via enormous rivers, including the Nile River, Niger River, and countless streams... With this abundance of water, plants, and animals (including elephants, rhinos, warthogs, crocodiles, buffalo, antelopes, giraffes) humans were able to thrive there for thousands of years. Civilizations were able to flourish because they had all the resources they could possibly need in the Green Sahara, including food, water, and shelter. There was never a shortage of game animals for meat or vegetation for plant-based meals or to feed game animals. More resources for civilization meant that the population of the Green Sahara 10,000 years ago was significantly higher than its population today. Experts say that the Green Sahara was likely home to several million more people than the 2.5 million that currently inhabit it. Read more ...



Image of a mega lake - Lake Chad


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