Downscaling last glacial maximum climate over southern Africa

FA Engelbrecht, CW Marean, RM Cowling… - Quaternary Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
We conducted the first dynamic downscaling of Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) climate over
southern Africa using a regional climate model. Eight coupled global climate model (CGCM) …

Reversed Holocene temperature–moisture relationship in the Horn of Africa

AJ Baxter, D Verschuren, F Peterse, DG Miralles… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Anthropogenic climate change is predicted to severely impact the global hydrological cycle,
particularly in tropical regions where agriculture-based economies depend on monsoon …

[HTML][HTML] Complex evolution of Holocene hydroclimate, fire and vegetation revealed by molecular, minerogenic and biogenic proxies, Marais Geluk wetland, eastern …

JK Sjöström, AM Cortizas, A Nylund, A Hardman… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The Holocene climate history of Southern Africa remains inconclusive despite the increasing
number of proxy records from the region. This might be related to the diversity of proxy …

[HTML][HTML] Reconstructing Late Quaternary precipitation and its source on the southern Cape coast of South Africa: A multi-proxy paleoenvironmental record from …

P Strobel, M Bliedtner, AS Carr, J Struck… - Quaternary Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Late Quaternary climate history of South Africa and, in particular, potential
changes in atmospheric circulation have been subject to considerable debate. To some …

Coastal palaeoenvironments and hunter-gatherer plant-use at Waterfall Bluff rock shelter in Mpondoland (South Africa) from MIS 3 to the Early Holocene

I Esteban, MK Bamford, A House, CS Miller… - Quaternary Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Waterfall Bluff, in Eastern Mpondoland (Eastern Cape Province, South Africa), is a
recently excavated archaeological site with deposits spanning Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 3 …

Biome variability in southernmost Africa since the last deglaciation recorded in marine sediments

X Zhao, X Lu, M Meadows, L Dupont, L Mao… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
From a climate perspective, the southern Cape of South Africa is a particularly dynamic
region because it occupies the transition between warm-temperate and subtropical …

[HTML][HTML] A 6000-year high-resolution composite record of El Niño-related drought in subtropical southeast Africa

M Humphries, K Prior, A Green, D Vaughn - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) extremes have a major impact on global
temperature and rainfall patterns, triggering severe droughts and floods in many regions of …

[HTML][HTML] 非洲南部赞比西河流域距今 30~ 5 ka 的孢粉组合及古气候变化

万**, 张虎才, 聂军胜, 赵永涛, 苗运法, 张晓楠… - 第四纪研究, 2023 - dsjyj.com.cn
非洲东南部晚更新世植被重建及对比研究有助于理解区域气候变化过程和驱动机制.
本研究依托国际大洋发现计划IODP361 航次科学任务所获取的U1477B 海洋钻孔, 对其上部4 …

[HTML][HTML] Holocene fire dynamics and their climatic controls on the southern Cape coast of South Africa-A 7.2 ka multi-proxy record from the peatland Vankervelsvlei

P Strobel, T Henning, M Bliedtner, SG Mosher… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Fire is a natural phenomenon along South Africa's southern Cape coast, but identifying its
climatic drivers has been a subject of considerable debate. This study investigates the …

Mid-to Late Holocene climatic and anthropogenic influences in Mpondoland, South Africa

A Hahn, FH Neumann, C Miller, J Finch… - Quaternary Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Mpondoland on the South African east coast is a particularly dynamic region in
terms of climate change as it is influenced by both temperate and tropical circulation and …