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Science / Sat, 15 Aug 2026 The Times of India

The Sahara once held a lake 48% larger than all five Great Lakes combined, but Mega-Chad vanished about 5 - The Times of India

The Sahara once held a lake 48% larger than all five Great Lakes combined, but Mega-Chad vanished about 5 The Times of IndiaThis unsuspected culprit behind the Sahara’s drying was hiding near Greenland Futura, le média qui explore le mondeAt its peak 6,000 years ago, a lake in the Sahara covered roughly 360,000 square kilometres, more than all five Great Lakes combined, yet what remains today, covers well under one per cent of that area scienceblog.com

The Sahara once held a lake 48% larger than all five Great Lakes combined, but Mega-Chad vanished about 5 The Times of IndiaThis unsuspected culprit behind the Sahara’s drying was hiding near Greenland Futura, le média qui explore le mondeAt its peak 6,000 years ago, a lake in the Sahara covered roughly 360,000 square kilometres, more than all five Great Lakes combined, yet what remains today, covers well under one per cent of that area scienceblog.com

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