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The Discovery of Global Warming June 2010 |
Images of drought and mass starvation in the Sahel, at the southern edge of the Sahara, dismayed the public in the early 1970s. Later studies confirmed a suspicion that the disaster, although partly due to a natural long-term climate cycle, was exacerbated by overgrazing, which converted grassland to scrub and hardpan.
Courtesy United Nations - FAO. |