{"id":71405,"date":"2021-02-06T06:10:46","date_gmt":"2021-02-06T11:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=71405"},"modified":"2021-01-31T15:30:58","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T20:30:58","slug":"megaprojects-terraforming-the-sahara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=71405","title":{"rendered":"Megaprojects: Terraforming The Sahara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">A team of researchers has figured out how to turn the Sahara desert into lush, green farmland. It could save the world&#8230; But it is insane. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2hmAeLYMrQg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">By the way, if you want to learn more and support the Africa Great Green Wall project, you go do so here: <\/span><a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?v=2hmAeLYMrQg&amp;event=video_description&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.greatgreenwall.org&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbEN5Rm5wQ1NiSk1hTHlINGZZc0xyTVN1d3cxUXxBQ3Jtc0tsTkQ1djJ2cm9qTUw3cy1OeXJfdmw3TXMtcDlILU4yZHpSeWlyTnRzeGxqcFhGcnNGcGRmM0xUenItMHNjd0ZERE1ZNWJTczN2eXdrRVBNU3d1bVNGc25ZWUhnR01yTUg4ZmUyQUZtU0pNR04xQlVzRQ%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.greatgreenwall.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">Want to support the channel? 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