Earth's drylands expand, affecting billions as climate warms
As Earth continues to warm, more and more of the planet is becoming dry. A 2024 UN report found that in the last three ...
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Dryland Research Group
A current major focus of the group’s research is on climate impacts on water and food security in East African drylands. This involves several funded multidisciplinary research programmes focused on ...
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Green Sahara: African Humid Periods Paced by Earth's Orbital Changes
This event is commonly called the "African Humid Period (AHP)". The AHP was a direct result of African monsoonal climate responses to periodic variations in the Earth's orbit around the Sun that ...
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Humans moved into African rainforests at least 150,000 years ago
Humans lived under the leafy canopy of a West African rainforest by at least 150,000 years ago. Previously, the oldest secure evidence for humans living in African rainforests dated to about ...