The Asian summer monsoon (ASM) is a vast climate system, whose variability is critical to
the livelihoods of billions of people across the Asian continent. During the past half-century …

Different origins of loess deposits in northern and southern Central Asia are not only
associated with Central Asian topography, but also with aeolian dust dynamics. However …

Qunf Cave oxygen isotope (δ18Oc) record from southern Oman is one of the most significant
of few Holocene Indian summer monsoon cave records. However, the interpretation of the …

Population Genetics and Microevolutionary Theory Explore the fundamentals of the
biological implications of population genetic theory In the newly revised Second Edition of …

The Sahara is the largest hot desert on Earth. Yet the timing of its inception and its response
to climatic forcing is debated, leading to uncertainty over the causes and consequences of …

Based on the CMIP5-generation previous IPSL earth system model, we designed a new
version, IPSL-CM5A2, aiming at running multi-millennial simulations typical of deep-time …

North African greening phases, during which large rivers ran through the Sahara Desert,
occurred repeatedly during the Quaternary and are regarded as key periods for the …

The ongoing global warming is projected to persist throughout the entire century if effective
mitigation measures are not put in place. The warming is associated with occurrence of …

The Sahara region has experienced periodic wet periods over the Quaternary and beyond.
These North African Humid Periods (NAHPs) are astronomically paced by precession which …

Understanding the changing plant ecosystems that existed in East Africa over the past
millennia is crucial for identifying links between habitats and past human adaptation and …