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to closely examine how Saharan solar farms interact with the climate. Our model takes into account the complex feedbacks between the interacting spheres of the world’s climate – the atmosphere, the ocean, and the land and its ecosystems. It showed there could be unintended effects in remote parts of the land and ocean that offset any regional benefits over the Sahara itself.Covering 20% of the Sahara with solar farms raises local temperatures in the desert by 1.5°C according to our model.
Global temperature, rainfall, and surface wind change in simulations with 20% and 50% solar panel coverage of Sahara.Some important processes are still missing from our model, such as dust blown from large deserts. Saharan dust, carried on the wind, is a vital for the Amazon and the Atlantic Ocean. So a greener Sahara could have an even bigger global effect than our simulations suggested.We are only beginning to understand the potential consequences of establishing massive solar farms in the world’s deserts.
like this may help society transition from fossil energy, but Earth system studies like ours underscore the importance of considering the numerous coupled responses of the atmosphere, oceans, and land surface when examining their benefits and risks.
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