East Africarainfall variabilityThis review examines several aspects of the climate of eastern Africa. The climatic commonality throughout the region is the frequent occurrence of drought severe enough to incapacitate the population. Because of recent droughts and evidence of disastrous, long-term climatic...
Winter temperatures were higher (1–5°C) than present in southern Scandinavia, northeastern Europe, and southern Africa, but cooler in southern Eurasia and in tropical Africa, especially in Mediterranean regions. Summer temperatures were generally higher than today in most of Eurasia and Africa, ...
Research has suggested two regions of ENSO related precipitation in Southern Africa 3 . Eastern equatorial Africa, which during an El Nio is likely to receive above average rainfall and South Eastern Africa, which may experience below average rainfall. A La Nia event is likely to result in the...
We examined the influences of temperature and precipitation anomalies on interannual variation in human WNV cases in three regions of the United States. There were consistent positive influences of winter temperatures, weaker and more variable positive effects of spring and summer temperatures, and ...
Many regions of the world are increasingly facing a decline in freshwater resources, due to both natural and man-made causes. Climate and land use/cover change are likely to aggravate this situation in a way that the hydrological cycle will be intensified resulting in an increase in frequency ...
An extensive rain band extending from southeastern China to the southern regions of Korea and Japan is observed, with the peak center located in southern China, reaching up to 0.4 mm/day (Fig. 9a). This corresponds to negative anomalies of omega at 500 hPa in the region (Fig. 9b)...
Pausas JG (2004) Changes in fire and climate in the eastern Iberian Peninsula (Mediterranean basin). Clim Change 63:337–350 Pelegrí JL, Arístegui J, Cana L, González-Dávila M (2005) Coupling between the open ocean and the coastal upwelling region off northwest Africa: water recirculation ...
In Mediterranean and north-African regions, cultural trajectories have shown trends sometimes coincident with climatic changes. The mid Holocene was a period of intense changes in climate, and in environmental and cultural systems. This paper reports pollen and charcoal studies from these areas aiming ...
The eastern Mediterranean sapropels, paced by insolation, provide a unique archive of African monsoon strength over the Late Neogene. However, the longer-term climate of this region lacks characterization within the context of changes in ice volume, sea
This study analysed factors in nudging the adoption intensity of CSA practices among rural farmers in Ghana. Employing a multistage sampling technique, the administrative regions of Ghana were first stratified into two main zones (North and South Zones). Four districts were selected from the two ...