When the Sahara Was Green : : How Our Greatest Desert Came to Be / / Martin Williams.
The little-known history of how the Sahara transformed from a green and fertile land into the largest hot desert in the worldThe Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world, equal in size to China or the United States. Yet, this arid expanse was once a verdant, pleasant land, populated by rivers a...
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505 | 0 | 0 | |t Frontmatter -- |t CONTENTS -- |t List of Illustrations -- |t Prologue -- |t Acknowledgements -- |t Introduction -- |t PART ONE: THE GREEN SAHARA -- |t PART TWO: A SEA OF SAND -- |t PART THREE: THE SAHARA TODAY -- |t Notes -- |t Further Reading -- |t Index of Subjects -- |t Index of People -- |t Index of Places |
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520 | |a The little-known history of how the Sahara transformed from a green and fertile land into the largest hot desert in the worldThe Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world, equal in size to China or the United States. Yet, this arid expanse was once a verdant, pleasant land, populated by rivers and lakes. The Sahara sustained abundant plant and animal life, such as Nile perch, turtles, crocodiles, and hippos, and attracted prehistoric hunters and herders. What transformed this land of lakes into a sea of sands? When the Sahara Was Green describes the remarkable history of Earth’s greatest desert—including why its climate changed, the impact this had on human populations, and how scientists uncovered the evidence for these extraordinary events. From the Sahara’s origins as savanna woodland and grassland to its current arid incarnation, Martin Williams takes us on a vivid journey through time. He describes how the desert’s ancient rocks were first fashioned, how dinosaurs roamed freely across the land, and how later, it was covered in tall trees. Williams discusses a plethora of questions: Why was the Sahara previously much wetter, and will it be so again? Did humans contribute to its desertification? What was the impact of extreme climatic episodes—such as prolonged droughts—upon the Sahara’s geology, ecology, and inhabitants? Williams shows how plants, animals, and humans have adapted to the Sahara and what lessons we might learn for living in harmony with the harshest, driest conditions in an ever-changing global environment.A valuable look at how an iconic region has changed over thousands of years, When the Sahara Was Green reveals the desert’s surprising past to reflect on its present, as well as its possible future. | ||
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650 | 0 | |a Desertification |z Africa, North. | |
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653 | |a Algeria. | ||
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653 | |a Anthozoa. | ||
653 | |a Arid. | ||
653 | |a Atlantic Ocean. | ||
653 | |a Black coral. | ||
653 | |a Bolivia. | ||
653 | |a Carbon dioxide. | ||
653 | |a Chad Basin. | ||
653 | |a Chile. | ||
653 | |a Climate change. | ||
653 | |a Cnidaria. | ||
653 | |a Cnidocyte. | ||
653 | |a Coal. | ||
653 | |a Coral reef. | ||
653 | |a Date palm. | ||
653 | |a Dendrochronology. | ||
653 | |a Deriba Caldera. | ||
653 | |a Desert climate. | ||
653 | |a Desert. | ||
653 | |a Desertification. | ||
653 | |a Drought. | ||
653 | |a Dry lake. | ||
653 | |a Dry valley. | ||
653 | |a Dune. | ||
653 | |a Earth materials. | ||
653 | |a Earth science. | ||
653 | |a Earth's orbit. | ||
653 | |a East Africa. | ||
653 | |a Ecosystem. | ||
653 | |a Ecuadorians. | ||
653 | |a El Niño–Southern Oscillation. | ||
653 | |a Emblem book. | ||
653 | |a Erosion. | ||
653 | |a Exploration. | ||
653 | |a Far North (South Australia). | ||
653 | |a Feather. | ||
653 | |a Fertilizer. | ||
653 | |a Fire coral. | ||
653 | |a Goatskin (material). | ||
653 | |a Google Earth. | ||
653 | |a Grassland. | ||
653 | |a Grazing. | ||
653 | |a Great Sand Sea. | ||
653 | |a Green development. | ||
653 | |a Groundwater. | ||
653 | |a Herbicide. | ||
653 | |a Herder. | ||
653 | |a Hippos. | ||
653 | |a Iferouane. | ||
653 | |a Inca Empire. | ||
653 | |a Indo-Pacific. | ||
653 | |a Kufra. | ||
653 | |a Lake Chad. | ||
653 | |a Land snail. | ||
653 | |a Libyan Desert. | ||
653 | |a Mauritania. | ||
653 | |a Mediterranean Sea. | ||
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653 | |a North America. | ||
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653 | |a Sahara. | ||
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653 | |a Sediment. | ||
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653 | |a Solar energy. | ||
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653 | |a Temperate climate. | ||
653 | |a Tentacle. | ||
653 | |a The Natural Step. | ||
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653 | |a Vegetation. | ||
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653 | |a West Africa. | ||
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