Fossil rivers of the Sahara tell of the threat of warming (IMAGE)

Université de Genève

Fossil rivers of the Sahara tell of the threat of warming

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A satellite image shows the morphologies of fossil rivers in southern Egypt. This study shows that these rivers were intensely active during the African wet period.

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