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A remarkable transformation is quietly unfolding across our world. Satellite observations confirm that since the 1980s, the Sahara has shrunk by roughly 8 percent along its southern edges. At the same time, a much broader pattern of planetary greening has taken hold: around half of Earth’s vegetated lands have become significantly greener, adding leafy abundance equivalent to an area roughly two to three times the size of the United States.

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