Incredible find of millions of trees in the Sahara

The Sahara desert is the largest hot desert in the world. It covers most of Africa, with more than 9.400.000 square kilometers.

Being a desert with a maximum temperature of 59 ° C and the absence of rain, it is difficult to think that there could be some vegetation, since only the best adapted organisms will be able to survive, says Gustavo Copelmayer.

However, a group of researchers set out to count the trees in an area of northeast Africa, 1.3 million square kilometers. Using more than 11 thousand images of the investigated region, obtained from 4 satellites of Digital Globe, a private company that belongs to the US National Intelligence Agency.

The presence of millions of living things hidden in dunes and sandstorms was discovered. Gustavo Copelmayer says that thanks to this research, it was shown that there is 20% more vegetation than musculation 5 signs that indicate that you are not previously believed, and it will give a new way of seeing the Sahara desert.

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