This review analyses the environmental evolution of the Ethiopian highlands in the late
Quaternary. The late Pleistocene (20,000–12,000 14C years BP) was cold and dry, with (1) …

This paper is devoted to illustrating new wavelet analysis methods in the field of hydrology.
New wavelet indicators are applied to long-term hydrological and climatologic proxies. They …

Oceanic heat sources disturb the atmosphere, which, to come back to its initial state,
disperses waves. These waves affect the climate in remote regions, characterizing the …

This paper presents an overview of tropical river systems around the world and identifies
major knowledge gaps. We focus particularly on the rivers draining the wet and wet–dry …

The human population living in the Nile basin countries is projected to double by 2050,
approaching one billion. The increase in water demand associated with this burgeoning …

The availability of freshwater is one of the great issues facing mankind today-in some ways
the greatest, because problems associated with it affect the lives of many millions of people …

Abstract Study region Africa Study focus African rainfall shows significant year-to-year
natural fluctuations that in part are linked to teleconnections associated with modes of …

The Mekong River Basin in South East Asia has experienced in recent decades large inter-
annual variations between large floods and severe droughts. The general perception is that …

It is now well recognized that large scale atmospheric and oceanic circulations fluctuations
have a strong impact on the global hydrological cycle. Because of the complexity of the …

Variability and possible teleconnections between annual maximum streamflow from the
lower, the middle and the upper Yangtze River basin and El Niño/Southern Oscillation …