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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@hoergen All this crazy talk about avoiding global warming by shielding the earth from the sun with mirrors deployed in low orbit, and we can do even better from down here with solar panels, while also passively transforming deserts into oases.
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