The Sahara Desert takes up most of North Africa and is even
bigger than the United States of America. It is indeed the largest desert of
the world and 4 out of the 5 hottest places is here. The average temperature range for the Sahara
Desert today is 30 degree Celsius and 86 degrees Fahrenheit during the
summertime. During the winter time is around 13 degrees Celsius and 55 degrees Fahrenheit.
The average temperature for the Sahara Desert is 40 degrees Celsius and 104
degrees Fahrenheit for some months and could reach as high as 122 degrees any
given day. The highest recorded temperature was 58 Degrees Celsius and 136.4
degrees Fahrenheit in Libya. The climate
is what helps determine the temperature and I’m sure the Sahara Desert must
have had a much bigger temperature range to form bigger precipitation of
rainfall, more snow and not being as humid to create such a lush tropical place
3 million years ago. Ten thousand years ago was the start of what the Sahara
Desert is today, a transformation from lush, populated grassland to a dry,
humid and windy climate. High temperature climate is the physical creation.
Around 10,000 years ago the Sahara Desert was a tropical place
with plants such as trees, grasslands and waterfalls. The Sahara Desert is now
a very humid and windy place in which could very well be life threatening if
you are not fully prepared for the weather. Ten thousand years ago, the Sahara
Desert did not have sand dunes, ergs, plateaus or any of those sorts. The Sahara Desert was more populated due to
better and more safer living conditions. In 10,000 years, the Sahara Desert
will be back to its lush grassland.
The Sahara Desert 1,000 years from now will be the same
place as it is today if not different by a slight amount. As mentioned before,
the Sahara Desert was very well grassland 6 to 10,000 years ago. Based off this
I’m going to predict those 1,000 years from now is not enough time for the
desert to be complete grassland for the most part. Speedy winds will create
more sand dunes and even larger ones. There are still plenty of plant and water
life despite the desert receiving on average 3 inches of rain a year. One million
years from now the Sahara Desert may be a grassland, desert, extinct. It’s too
hard to say now.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091111115843.htm
The Sahara Desert is going to remain as the Sahara Desert one
thousand years from now. Ten thousand
years from now there is going to be a shift from desert to lush tropical
grassland. One million years from now is the toughest prediction to make for
scientists and researchers alike due to it not occurring in record books. I will
say tropical grassland in 1 million years or no land at all. Just land underwater:
The Ocean.
