Computer simulations suggest aridification of Sahara occurred longer ago than thought
Thursday, September 18, 2014 - 08:10
in Earth & Climate
(Phys.org) —A team of researchers with members from China, Norway and France has built a computer simulation that shows that the Sahara desert came about far earlier than conventional thinking suggests. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the team explains how they gathered data from several sources to create their simulation and why it shows an older Sahara.