Our Climate Is So Screwed Up, It Rained in the Sahara Desert

“It’s been 30 to 50 years since we’ve had this much rain in such a short space of time.”Darude RainstormHow messed up is planet Earth’s climate? It’s rain-in-the-Sahara-level messed up, apparently.As The Associated Press reports, a region of the Sahara Desert in southeastern Morocco last month experienced a surprise deluge of rainstorms, which has transformed some parts of the arid North African landscape into lake-filled oases.Rain is exceptionally uncommon in the Sahara, which is one of the dryest places on the planet. It’s especially uncommon during the late summer season.Per…

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