Climate change impacts and adaptation in South Africa

G Ziervogel, M New… - Wiley …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper we review current approaches and recent advances in research on climate
impacts and adaptation in South Africa. South Africa has a well‐developed earth system …

Impacts of climate change on water resources in southern Africa: A review

S Kusangaya, ML Warburton, EA Van Garderen… - … of the Earth, Parts a/b/c, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded that there is
consensus that the increase of atmospheric greenhouse gases will result in climate change …

Weather and climate extreme events in a changing climate

SI Seneviratne, X Zhang, M Adnan, W Badi… - 2021 - centaur.reading.ac.uk
Caption: Table A. 11. 2. Synthesis table summarising assessments presented in Tables 11.4-
11.21 for hot extremes (HOT EXT.), heavy precipitation (HEAVY PRECIP.), agriculture and …

Impacts of 1.5 C global warming on natural and human systems

O Hoegh Guldberg, D Jacob, M Taylor, M Bindi… - 2018 - ri.conicet.gov.ar
This Report responds to the invitation for IPCC?... to provide a Special Report in 2018 on the
impacts of global warming of 1.5° C above pre-industrial levels and related global …

Projections of rapidly rising surface temperatures over Africa under low mitigation

F Engelbrecht, J Adegoke, MJ Bopape… - Environmental …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
An analysis of observed trends in African annual-average near-surface temperatures over
the lastfive decades reveals drastic increases, particularly over parts of the subtropics and …

[HTML][HTML] Observed and modelled trends in rainfall and temperature for South Africa: 1960-2010

N MacKellar, M New, C Jack - South African Journal of Science, 2014 - scielo.org.za
Observed trends in seasonal and annual total rainfall, number of rain days and daily
maximum and minimum temperature were calculated for a number of stations in South Africa …

[HTML][HTML] Heatwaves in the future warmer climate of South Africa

I Mbokodo, MJ Bopape, H Chikoore, F Engelbrecht… - Atmosphere, 2020 - mdpi.com
Weather and climate extremes, such as heat waves (HWs), have become more frequent due
to climate change, resulting in negative environmental and socioeconomic impacts in many …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges and opportunities in crop simulation modelling under seasonal and projected climate change scenarios for crop production in South Africa

PN Kephe, KK Ayisi, BM Petja - Agriculture & Food Security, 2021 - Springer
A broad scope of crop models with varying demands on data inputs is being used for several
purposes, such as possible adaptation strategies to control climate change impacts on future …

Managing the human component of fire regimes: lessons from Africa

S Archibald - … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Human impacts on fire regimes accumulated slowly with the evolution of modern humans
able to ignite fires and manipulate landscapes. Today, myriad voices aim to influence fire in …

The southern African climate under 1.5 C and 2 C of global warming as simulated by CORDEX regional climate models

G Maúre, I Pinto, M Ndebele-Murisa… - Environmental …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Results from an 25 regional climate model simulations from the Coordinated Regional
Downscaling Experiment Africa initiative are used to assess the projected changes in …