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a. fewer plants resulted in a higher albedo, thus lowering humidity and local precipitation
b. fewer plants resulted in a lower albedo, thus lowering humidity and local precipitation
c. dry conditions and drought actually made it easier to till and plant the soil
d. dry conditions and drought actually led to more food per capita as people left the Sahel region


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