The interesting thing about this time-lapse sequence is the striking correlation between Atmospherics & Surface Topography.  Notice the conspicuous absence of cloud cover over the deserts of North Africa & the Middle East, while beneath the clouds over Europe & Central Africa one sees an ocean of greenery.

So, which came first, desertification or atmospheric change?

Did human induced desertification set off corresponding shifts in atmosphere that then further accelerated the changes?

Or were there other causes of atmospheric change that made eventual desertification inevitable?

I suspect that in a closely coupled system like earth-atmosphere, the right question is which effect dominates?

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