Eli5: increased CO2 = Increased vegetation, shrinking sarhara, really?

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When I was at school there was a process called desertification occurring causing increasing desert. Now it seems the opposite is happening. Which might be good. But I wonder is the world getting greener because of the increased CO2 or is it because the ice is melting and that land is getting more green?

Or is this all misinformation and have I been misled/misunderstood?

In: Earth Science

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The world is overall not getting greener, the green parts are just shifting around because of disrupted air currents. This is *incredibly bad* because we need the parts that are green and fertile now, (farms) to stay that way. The more shifting that happens, the worse famine gets. It’s also bad for the other things currently living in whatever areas become desertified.

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