Who’d a thunk it? Plants LIKE CO²

What a counterintuitive twist in the climate story.

The Sahara Desert of all places has shrunk by about 8% since the 1980s thanks to rising CO₂ levels fueling a remarkable global green renaissance.

Data from NASA’s AVHRR and MODIS instruments show that 25% to 50% of Earth’s… pic.twitter.com/0q4FOL2oqA

— Peter Clack (@PeterDClack) February 19, 2026