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Humans delayed the onset of the Sahara desert by 500 years

1 October 2018

A new study by Dr Chris Brierley and Prof. Mark Maslin (both UCL Geography) shows that increasing human population and sustainable pastoralism did not accelerate - and may even have delayed - the decline of the 'Green Sahara'". Read: i News, More: BBC World Service (from 48 mins), Mail Online, Yahoo News, UCL News.