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Remote Cave Reveals the Sahara Was Green and Rainy 8,000 Years Ago Before Its Abrupt Geological End

Scientists cracked open a rock in the Sahara and found proof of a vanished world. For thousands of years, hippos swam here. Then nature pulled a brutal switch. Scientists have pinpointed the exact timing of a major humid phase that transformed the Sahara Desert into a vegetated landscape of lakes and rivers thousands of years ago. New geochemical analysis of cave mineral deposits, published in the journal E... [6013 chars]

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