Talk:Sahara/Archive 2

Temperatures are not correctly translated from Celsius to Fahrenheit.

Under the heading of Temperature, some temperature in Celsius are not translated correctly into Fahrenheit.

"The average diurnal temperature range is typically between 13 and 20 °C or 23.4 and 36.0 °F. The lowest values are found along the coastal regions due to high humidity and are often even lower than 10 °C or 18 °F [...] "

Please note that 20 C = 68 F, and 10 C = 50 F.

Since this page is semi-protected, please have someone update the info so it becomes correct. Following the story line, the Celsius numbers appear correct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by FredrickS (talk • contribs) 14 November 2018 (UTC)

This has been discussed before. See my recent (after your comment) reply in the "Error in temperature section" thread above. The conversion is correct, because the article is talking about temperature differences there (high temp minus low temp), not absolute temperature readings. I have reworded parts of that section to try to emphasize that fact. - dcljr (talk) 05:15, 5 March 2020 (UTC)

Name

"The name 'Sahara' is derived from a dialectal Arabic word for "desert", ṣaḥra". Possibly before that the Sanskrit word sarkara meaning grit or gravel? AMCKen (talk) 19:18, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

The Arabic word is covered in the lead. I would be quite surprised if you can find a reliable source connecting the Sanskrit word to the Arabic. - Donald Albury 21:45, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

ACE?

The introduction says "The area is next expected to become green in about 15,000 years (17,000 ACE)."

Shouldn't this be "15,000 years (17,000 CE)" instead? I suspect it's some idea that BC (Before Christ) = BCE (Before Common Era), so ACE = After Common Era, but this is not conventional nor technically correct; we are still in the Common Era, not after it, hence CE. Some even read CE as Current Era. Incidentally, AD = Anno Domini, rather than After Dominic. ;-) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.110.180.141 (talk) 13:57, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

I've made the change. - dcljr (talk) 02:14, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

North African Monsoon?

The link redirects to Monsoon, but there's literally no mention of North Africa in the Monsoon text. Yury Tarasievich (talk) 12:33, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

The North African Monsoon is discussed in North African climate cycles. Thank you for spotting the problem with the link. I'll fix it. - Donald Albury 20:39, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

Just for the record, here's the change that was made. (I had misunderstood, and expected this article to be the one that needed changing.) - dcljr (talk) 04:09, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

Although I chose that target, I later realized it is not a very good fit, as North African climate cycles is focused on the long-term history of climate variations in northern Africa, and only mentions the North African monsoon in passing. Hopefully, someone with a better grasp of the subject will add a more appropriate explanation of the monsoon in northern Africa. - Donald Albury 14:01, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 17 August 2021

The area can not be 9.2 million km2! it can be max. 300.000 km2. Please make necessary changes. Thank you. 176.40.39.12 (talk) 04:16, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: The sources say it is that big. RudolfRed (talk) 04:43, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 28 August 2021

Add "citation needed" to the claim "The area is next expected to become green in about 15,000 years (17,000 CE)." at the end of the introduction. The only source in the paragraph outlines the 20,000 year cycle, but makes no mention of where in that cycle we currently are.

(It is likely that the actual study that the source is a summary of does mention this, but I am not able to verify that.) Cernael (talk) 09:38, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

The statement that the Sahara is expected to become green again in about 15,000 years (17,000 AD/CE) has come and gone in various iterations of a climate history section in the article for at least the last ten years, but I haven't found where a reliable source is cited for that. This article mentions a 23,000 year cycle, and says the Sahara might turn green around 12,000 CE. So, I'll remove the sentence in question. - Donald Albury 15:08, 28 August 2021 (UTC)