Measuring the impact of desert greening (IMAGE)

King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST)

Measuring the impact of desert greening

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KAUST researchers compared the land surface temperatures between different planted and bare soil environments around Saudi Arabia and found that vegetation provides an extra cooling effect. 

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© 2023 KAUST; Morgan Bennett Smith.

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