The spatial pattern of precipitation variability in tropical and subtropical Africa over the late
Quaternary has long been debated. Prevailing hypotheses variously infer (1) insolation …

Addressing and anticipating future South Asian monsoon changes under continuing global
warming is of critical importance for the food security and socioeconomic well-being of one …

Plant wax n-alkane chain length distribution and isotopes have been studied in modern
ecosystems as proxies to reconstruct vegetation and climate of the past. However, most …

In this study we investigate Pleistocene vegetation and climate change in southern East
Africa by examining plant leaf waxes in a marine sediment core that receives terrestrial …

It has been postulated that a bipolar seesaw interhemispheric mechanism dominated the
relationship between the Northern and Southern hemisphere climates since the late …

Abstract The Mozambique Channel is a conduit of trade wind-driven throughflow that is a
key component of the Agulhas Current and Agulhas leakage, a flux of warm and salty water …

Abstract Exploring the Mid-Late Holocene interactions between ecological and climate
variations in semi-arid areas such as Songnen grasslands (northeastern China) provide …

Today, the hydrological regime in East and South Asia is dominated by the monsoons, whilst
central Asia is characterized as arid. Studies that have examined the onset of aridity and the …

Ecological responses to past climate change as determined from palaeorecords offer
insights into responses that may accompany future climate change. In arid and semi‐arid …

Plant diversity is important to human welfare worldwide, and this importance is exemplified
in subtropical and tropical [(sub) tropical] African savannahs where regional biodiversity …