As the climate changes, unexpected weather patterns are cropping up in regions like the Sahara Desert. What was once considered one of the driest places on Earth, the Sahara is getting inundated with rain and is predicted to see 5X their average September rainfall.
Researchers and meteorologists believe this could be an early indicator of how climate change is impacting ecosystems worldwide in ways we are just beginning to understand.
It's also believed, according to the article, that this could be tied to a quieter-than-normal start to the Atlantic hurricane season. It's a been a quiet season so far (thankfully for those of us on the U.S. East Coast), and the slightest change in one part of the world can have a ripple effect on other parts.
Human activities, especially greenhouse gas emissions, are driving oceans to absorb more heat. Some climate models predict warmer oceans will shift monsoon rain further northward in Africa by 2100, meaning more rain could fall in typically drier regions. Climate models also predict increasing greenhouse gas emissions could make the Sahara even rainier in the future.
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