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The Sahara desert is expanding due to climate change.

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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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4 sources for · 0 against

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Is it true that the Sahara desert is expanding due to climate change?

Unclear. Peer-reviewed and reference sources report that the Sahara has expanded over the twentieth century and that climate change is expected to expand subtropical deserts, but none of the placed items directly attributes the Sahara's measured expansion to climate change.

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Evidence for · 4
Climate change
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Climate change. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change

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Twentieth-Century Climate Change over Africa: Seasonal Hydroclimate Trends and Sahara Desert Expansion
2018
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Thomas, N. & Nigam, S. (2018). Twentieth-Century Climate Change over Africa: Seasonal Hydroclimate Trends and Sahara Desert Expansion. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1175/jcli-d-17-0187.1

Encyclopedia of the World’s Biomes
2020
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Encyclopedia of the World’s Biomes. (2020). play.google.com. https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=oXbLDwAAQBAJ&source=gbs_api

Expansion of the world's deserts due to vegetation‐albedo feedback under global warming
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Expansion of the world's deserts due to vegetation‐albedo feedback under global warming. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.1029/2009gl039699

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