hoergen3d ago

Solar panels are creating an unexpected effect by forming rainfall clouds and thriving oases in the middle of the desert

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The article published in Science has detailed how massive solar arrays in the Sahara Desert have started to trigger increased rainfall and vegetation growth.

They drastically lower the temperature around the sand that they sit on, effectively “greening” the desert. As the warm air around the panels has nowhere else to go but up, they naturally form massive rainclouds in a part of the world known for its dryness.

Solar panels are creating an unexpected effect by forming rainfall clouds and thriving oases in the middle of the desert

A recent study has found an unexpected benefit from the undisputed king of the renewable energy sector as solar panels are creating rain clouds in the desert.

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Show threadrhempel

@hoergen Makes sense when you think about it - every joule of solar energy that is converted to electricity is a joule that is not absorbed by the soil under the solar panel.

The ground stays cooler, less water is evaporated, and the desert becomes less deserty.

Apr 12 at 4:42pmWeb
Show threadRay McCarthy3d ago

@rhempel @hoergen
I read somewhere the Sahara is x2 bigger than a couple of thousand years ago?

Bad management of sheep and goats?

However it sounds weird.