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There’s a joke that goes around the PNW that goes:
“A logger was being interviewed for a job as a logger by a large tree farm. He was asked where his last job was. He replied that he was a logger in Saudi Arabia. The interviewer laughed and said ‘there are no trees in Saudi Arabia, it’s a desert’. The logger agreed and said ‘yeah, - now!”
PNW humor ...
Wonder how a Green Sahara would affect the Cape Verde hurricane phenom?
Veeeery interesting!
Pity we aren’t heading for global warming for the next few decades. Yesterday’s solar flux values were:
Flux Density Values in sfu for 23:00 on 2008:10:02
Julian Day Number : 2454742.447
Carrington Rotation Number : 2075.228
Observed Flux Density : 0065.6
Flux Density Adjusted for 1 A.U. : 0065.7
URSI Series D Flux, Adj. x 0.9 : 0059.1
The green Sahara episodes correspond with the changing direction of the earth’s rotational axis that regulates the solar energy in the tropical Atlantic Ocean.
I wonder if a scientific consensus exits regarding these geophysical data? Chances are there are many peer-reviewed papers.
Can temperate conditions in the Sahara actually be the more natural (i.e. the north polar glacier cap is minimal)? As many old sci-fi tales ended, I shall do the same. "Time will tell."
There’s strong evidence that cattle and dogs were domesticated in the Sahara during its most recent greening, and that the most recent desertification was the impetus behind the urbanisation of the Nile valley.
I’ve thought that the rapidity of the most recent desertification, which may have unfolded in less than a century, might have been the basis of the story of the expulsion from the garden of Eden, with its missing rivers and cherubim with swords of fire.
This would accomplish:
1) more moisture going westward from evaporation and thus creating a green belt area to the west of the depression.
2) lower the sea level abit
3) create the possibility of an inland, central Africa port and thus improve the economic conditions for western Egypt,
So - has Buffet been buying real estate in the Sahara?
Scientists Explore Lakefront Property, in the Sahara
The New York Times | January 27, 2004 | Brenda Fowler
Posted on 02/01/2004 1:36:28 PM PST by sarcasm
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1069653/posts
Oldest Jewelry? “Beads” Discovered in African Cave
National Geographic News | April 15, 2004 | Hillary Mayell
Posted on 04/16/2004 8:58:13 AM PDT by balrog666
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1118872/posts
Prehistoric Desert Town Found In Western Sahara (15,000 Years Old)
Reuters | 8-19-2004 | Reuters
Posted on 08/20/2004 9:10:09 AM PDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1195560/posts
Scientists Find Fossil Proof Of Egypt’s Ancient Climate
Washington University At St Louis | 2-2-2005 | Tony Fitzpatrick
Posted on 02/03/2005 11:54:52 PM EST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1335616/posts
Stone Age Cemetery, Artifacts Unearthed In Sahara
National Geographic | Brian Hanwerk
Posted on 10/23/2005 4:56:10 PM PDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1507889/posts
Ancient lakes of the Sahara
Innovations Report | Jan 19, 2006 | University of Reading
Posted on 01/21/2006 7:14:03 AM EST by Tyche
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1562135/posts
Adventurer crosses sands that conquered a king
The Times Online | Jan 28, 2006 | Martin Penner
Posted on 01/27/2006 11:33:56 PM PST by Tyche
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1566712/posts
Huge Crater Found in Egypt - Kebira
Space.com | 3/3/06 | Robert Roy Britt
Posted on 03/03/2006 8:58:45 PM PST by NormsRevenge
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1589775/posts
Egyptologists’ palm nearly extinct.
newscientist | 3 6
Posted on 06/06/2006 8:53:33 AM PDT by S0122017
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1644323/posts
King Tut’s Necklace Shaped By Fireball
The Australian | 6-26-2006
Posted on 06/26/2006 7:32:58 PM EDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1656059/posts
Tut’s gem hints at space impact
bbc | Last Updated: Wednesday, 19 July 2006, 19:09 GMT 20:09 UK
Posted on 07/20/2006 8:48:59 AM EDT by BenLurkin
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1669079/posts
Sahara Desert Was Once Lush and Populated
LiveScience | 20 July 2006 | Bjorn Carey
Posted on 07/20/2006 3:55:53 PM PDT by Marius3188
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1669466/posts
Exodus From Drying Sahara Gave Rise to Pharaohs, Study Says
National Geographic News | July 20, 2006 | Sean Markey (no funky bunch)
Posted on 07/22/2006 6:34:42 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1670680/posts
Dying Trade Of The Sahara Camel Trade
BBC | 10-22-2006 | John Pilkington
Posted on 10/22/2006 3:19:43 PM PDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1724004/posts
Mysterious Egyptian Glass Formed By Meteorite Strike, Study Says
National Geographic | 12-21-2006 | Stefan Lovgren
Posted on 12/22/2006 2:19:39 PM EST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1757423/posts
Egypt’s Oldest Known Art Identified, Is 15,000 Years Old
National Geographic | 7-11-2007 | Dan Morrison
Posted on 07/13/2007 8:12:36 AM PDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1865401/posts
Cray Supercomputer... Discover Origin Of Mysterious Glass Found In King Tut’s Tomb
Macroworld Investor | 7-31-2007
Posted on 08/02/2007 10:47:08 AM PDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1875334/posts
Ruins of 7,000-year-old city found in Egypt oasis
Source: ABC (Australia) | January 30, 2008 - 9:47AM | U/A
Posted on 01/29/2008 9:36:38 PM PST by Fred Nerks
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1961826/posts
UN vandals spray graffiti on Sahara’s prehistoric art
Times Online (UK) | January 31 2008 | Dalya Alberge
Posted on 01/31/2008 3:47:29 AM PST by knighthawk
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1962475/posts
Egypt’s Earliest Agricultural Settlement Unearthed
Science Daily | 2-15-2008 | University of California - Los Angeles
Posted on 02/15/2008 2:27:15 PM PST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1971126/posts
The Tassili n’Ajjer [Algeria] : birthplace of ancient Egypt ?
Journal 3 | 04-05-08 | Phillip Coppens
Posted on 04/05/2008 4:08:59 PM PDT by Renfield
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1997350/posts
Sahara dried out slowly, not abruptly: study
Reuters | Thu May 8, 2008 2:10pm EDT | Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent
Posted on 05/08/2008 2:12:41 PM PDT by suthener
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013235/posts
Once Lush Sahara Dried Up Over Millennia, Study Says
National Geographic News | 5-8-2008 | James Owen
Posted on 05/08/2008 7:08:12 PM PDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013403/posts
In Search Of The Lost Sahara
eitb24.com | 5-15-2008
Posted on 05/18/2008 7:00:06 PM PDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017884/posts
US scientists find stone age burial ground in Sahara
AFP | Aug 14, 2008 | Jean-Louis Santini
Posted on 08/14/2008 12:40:47 PM PDT by decimon
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2061932/posts
Graves Found From Sahara’s Green Period
NYT | 08/15/08 | John Noble Wilford
Posted on 08/15/2008 1:06:10 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062227/posts
Graves Found From Sahara’s Green Period
New York Times Science | August 15, 2008 | John Noble Wilford
Posted on 09/15/2008 4:21:39 PM PDT by Fred Nerks
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2083075/posts
