Climate Change | How did tropical rains cover the Calanshio Sand Sea in Libya and what is the relationship to climate change?

Arab Weather - Several parts of the Libyan desert are still exposed to exceptional rain, resulting from the tropical break advancing further towards southern Libya, as these areas are considered desert areas and are rarely exposed to rainfall, especially the southeastern regions.

Weather forecasters at the Arab Weather Center said that the Libyan desert is experiencing an exceptional event this summer, as heavy rains covered areas that rarely receive rain throughout the year, such as the Kufra region located in the Calanshio Desert Sea, as these areas are considered scarce in rain and it is difficult for cumulonimbus clouds responsible for lightning and thunder to become active in them.

Does climate change play a role in rainfall in the Calanshio Desert Sea?

The experts at "Arab Weather" said that the advance of the tropical break towards the north changes from season to season, and the advance of the tropical break towards the north cannot be considered a completely rare thing, but what is considered a rare thing to happen and may actually be a result of the effects of global climate change is that rain and thunderstorms include areas that were not previously included, as happened in the Kufra region in Libya, which is located within the area of the Calanshio Desert Sea.

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Weather forecasters at Arab Weather said that climate change could actually bring extreme events around the world, such as rain falling in areas that are not used to it or cold areas around the world experiencing severe heat waves, as the global rise in temperatures due to unsafe human activity could actually lead to atmospheric disturbances and thus the emergence of extreme weather conditions around the world.

What is the Calanshio Sand Sea?

The Calanshio Sand Sea is a sandy desert area located in the Libyan Desert near the Kufra region, covering an area of approximately 62,000 km². The erg extends from the Jaghbub and Jalu oasis in the north to Kufra in the south, a distance of 500 km. The erg is parallel to the Egyptian Sand Sea and touches it at its northern edge. It contains sand dunes that are more than 110 meters high, which lie in a north-south direction and were formed by the wind. The Calanshio Sand Sea is the location of the wreckage of the World War II B-24 Liberator "Lady Bee Good" plane. The wreckage was discovered 200 km north of Kufra, 15 years after it was reported missing in 1943. The plane's crew parachuted, believing they were landing in the sea, when their plane ran out of fuel and they became lost when they landed the plane in the Libyan Desert and felt a northwesterly breeze, which made them believe they were near The Mediterranean Sea, so they made their way towards the winds, hoping that they would lead them to a safe place, but after they had gone 640 km deep into the Mediterranean Sea, they slowly died of dehydration after having traveled 130 km with small amounts of water in a very dry place.