Greening the Desert

Published On: November 16, 2018

The idea is risky, unproven, even unlikely to work, according to Y Combinator. But if it did work, it could slow climate change.

The idea is risky, unproven, even unlikely to work. But if it did work, it could slow climate change.

By James Rainey. Imagine flooding a desert half the size of the Sahara. Using 238 trillion gallons of desalinated ocean water to do the job. Creating millions of 1-acre-square micro-reservoirs to grow enough algae to gobble up all of Earth’s climate-changing carbon dioxide. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/would-flooding-deserts-help-stop-global-warming-n934551

Celebrating 10-Years at the Greening the Desert Project, Jordan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI9wMtTvWps
Can the ‘Great Green Wall’ stop desertification in China? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSn6S-H7m-8
Paul Hawken’s Drawdown https://www.drawdown.org

Tags: 2018, Africa, Climate Engineering, CO2 Sequestration, Emission Reduction, Sahara, Sam Altman, Solutions(2023)

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