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> makes uninhabitable deserts verdant

Is that likely? I wasn't aware of any predicted reversal of desertification. It may render some tundra provinces verdant however.

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The Sahara's greening:

https://www.independent.com/2019/01/10/greening-sahara/

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170608073356.h...

https://www.thedailybeast.com/climate-change-is-making-deser...

Apparently the Kalahari is too.

That's cherry-picking though. The Gobi desert is expanding very quickly, as is the Sahara into Sudan. The Chihuaha desert also is expanding in Texas, I'm sure there are many other examples. Maybe deserts will in general become greener, but for human aspirations they still seem to be deserts. The greening is problematic because it raises dew points and makes theses areas less habitable for humans.

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