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Is it possible to green all deserts?

I'd like to keep this short and simple!
Is it possible to green our deserts without creating new deserts?

Technically its possible to green our deserts.
With lots of money, time and water supply we can do this.
But all forests do attract rain to fall.

But when for example the sahara is re-greened.
Wouldn't these newly created weather patterns change for the bad in other regions?
Possibly changing the climate in for example in India

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Allright many people here don't see a point in greening the desert.
Luckily the latest ted talk guy: Allan Savory did see a point in it.
Improving the worlds climate.

i'd advice to watch his talk about how to green the desert.
I'ts done by letting animals graze the land and let the poo give nutrients to the soil.

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  • george lockwood 30+

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    Feb 18 2013: As it becomes a poorer and poorer world - things become harder and harder to pay for and do. Maybe we shouldn't be growing the population and pretending things are okay.
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    Salim Solaiman 50+

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    Feb 18 2013: Technology definitely can do it...but why we need to do it ?
    Need to think what will be impact of such effort and at what cost?

  • John Penn

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    Feb 18 2013: I grew up in Libya in 1960's. The government then was trying to reclaim the edges of the Sahara with grass. Apparently they thought it was possible. To my knowledge it hasn't yet worked. It's a hard problem.

  • gale kooser 20+

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    Feb 18 2013: We might be able to technically green all deserts but would we want to? Not only would weather patterns change but the deserts would have to be maintained at an even higher cost. How the new weather patterns would affect other counties would take a huge amount of research and even then may not be right.
    I feel the goal show be in saving green areas that we have now, not to mention the oceans where we get most of our oxygen from, thanks to tons of very small critters.

    • ZX Style 20+

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      Feb 18 2013: Yes i agree it will cost a lot, but you might could be able to produce crops and get also money out of it.

      It looks like a interesting project to me. How great would it be if you had endless plains of green forests.
      It might be a greater forest then the brazilian rainforest.
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