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Climate model shows large-scale wind and solar farms in the Sahara increase rain and vegetation
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More energy, more rain: Energy generation by wind and solar farms could reduce carbon emissions and thus mitigate anthropogenic climate change. But is this its only benefit? Li et al. conducted experiments using a climate model to show that the installation of large-scale wind and solar power generation facilities in the Sahara could cause more local rainfall, particularly in the neighboring Sahel region. This effect, caused by a combination of increased surface drag and reduced albedo, could increase coverage by vegetation, creating a positive feedback that would further increase rainfall. Science , this issue p. 1019
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- Li, Y., Kalnay, E., Motesharrei, S., Rivas, J., Kucharski, F., Kirk-Davidoff, D., Bach, E., & Zeng, N.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2018-09-07
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- 361
- Issue
- 6406
- Pages
- 1019-1022
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- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2891604044
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- 283
- References
- 48
- FWCI
- 10.65
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- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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