African humid period
Event in Earth Sciences
African humid period has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Stuff You Should Know. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
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Josh ClarkCo-host of Stuff You Should Know
Clark said Green Sahara periods recur about every 23,000 years, driven by the tilt of Earth's axis, with the next due in about 12,000 years.
“they figured out that they happen about every 23,000 years”
Stuff You Should Know: Selects: Plant Migration (Jul 25, 2026) · Listen from 16:11
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- Stuff You Should Know · 1 episode
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Selects: Plant MigrationStuff You Should Know · Jul 25, 2026 · 46 min
Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant explain how plants migrate, why climate change is outpacing them, and the debate over human-assisted migration of trees.