Environmentalists are concerned that parts of Africa could suffer a phenomenon similar to the 1930 ’ s dust bowl, which resulted from overplowing and drought and destroyed prairie lands in the United States.
Sausuma un zemes noplicināšanas dēļ tur izcēlās briesmīgas smilšu vētras un pārvērta par tuksnesi ievērojamas prēriju platības.