However, an unusual weather phenomenon has caused plant life to pop up in the otherwise barren landscape.

The Sahara desert wasn’t always the arid landscape it is today.

More so, climate change could cause the rain belt to move even farther north in the future.

Africa from space by NASA

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And it can even shift into the other hemisphere.

August 14, 2024.

September 10, 2024.

Satellite Image of the Sahara desert in August 2024

August 14, 2024. (Photo: NASA Earth Observatory)

Photo: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center.

Satellite Image of the Sahara desert in September 2024

September 10, 2024. (Photo: NASA Earth Observatory)

Intertropical Convergence Zone graphic by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center.

Photo: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center.