Photo: Sahara Desert Greening Due to Climate Change?

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Villagers herd goats near windblown sand dunes in the Sahel region of Niger, North Africa.

Vast swaths of North Africa are getting noticeably lusher due to warming temperatures, new satellite images show, suggesting a possible boon for people living in the driest part of the continent.

Photograph by Pascal Maitre/NGS

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