Eastern Africa exhibits bimodal rainfall consisting of long rains (March–May) and short rains
(October–December), changes in which have profound socioeconomic and environmental …

This 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 …

East Africa (EA) has been the primary focus for various drought studies in recent years.
However, a comprehensive analysis of droughts, including their evolution, complexity, social …

There has been a paucity of information on trends in daily climate and climate extremes,
especially from develo** countries. We report the results of the analysis of daily …

This review covers two major causes of change in pastoral systems. First is fragmentation,
the dissection of a natural system into spatially isolated parts, which is caused by a number …

Recent special reports on climate extremes have shown evidences of changes in the
patterns of climate extremes at global, regional and local scales. Understanding the …

East African landscapes today are the result of the cumulative effects of climate and land-
use change over millennial timescales. In this review, we compile archaeological and …

Africa is one of the most vulnerable continents to climate change. In the upcoming decades
the occurrence of longer, hotter and more frequent heat waves could have a strong impact …

This paper provides a review of atmospheric circulation and sea surface temperature (SST)
conditions that are associated with meteorological drought on the seasonal time scale in the …

This paper examines the impact of climatic change on the level of total agricultural
production of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and non-Sub-Sahara Africa (NSSA) develo** …