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 …

[HTML][HTML] An update of IPCC climate reference regions for subcontinental analysis of climate model data: definition and aggregated datasets

M Iturbide, JM Gutiérrez, LM Alves… - Earth System …, 2020 - essd.copernicus.org
Several sets of reference regions have been used in the literature for the regional synthesis
of observed and modelled climate and climate change information. A popular example is the …

[HTML][HTML] Africa's drylands in a changing world: Challenges for wildlife conservation under climate and land-use changes in the Greater Etosha Landscape

WC Turner, S Périquet, CE Goelst, KB Vera… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Proclaimed in 1907, Etosha National Park in northern Namibia is an iconic dryland
system with a rich history of wildlife conservation and research. A recent research …

Review of meteorological drought in Africa: historical trends, impacts, mitigation measures, and prospects

B Ayugi, EO Eresanya, AO Onyango, FK Ogou… - Pure and Applied …, 2022 - Springer
This review study examines the state of meteorological drought over Africa, focusing on
historical trends, impacts, mitigation strategies, and future prospects. Relevant …

Comparison of multi-model ensembles of global and regional climate model projections for daily characteristics of precipitation over four major river basins in southern …

S Samuel, A Dosio, K Mphale, DN Faka, M Wiston - Atmospheric Research, 2023 - Elsevier
This study examines the change in daily characteristics of seasonal precipitation under 1.5°
C, 2.0° C, and 3.0° C global warming levels (GWLs) above the pre-industrial period over four …

Increased high-temperature extremes and associated population exposure in Africa by the mid-21st century

V Iyakaremye, G Zeng, X Yang, G Zhang, I Ullah… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Previous studies warned that heat extremes are likely to intensify and frequently occur in the
future due to climate change. Apart from changing climate, the population's size and …

What can we know about future precipitation in Africa? Robustness, significance and added value of projections from a large ensemble of regional climate models

A Dosio, RG Jones, C Jack, C Lennard, G Nikulin… - Climate Dynamics, 2019 - Springer
We employ a large ensemble of Regional Climate Models (RCMs) from the COordinated
Regional-climate Downscaling EXperiment to explore two questions:(1) what can we know …

Yield reduction under climate warming varies among wheat cultivars in South Africa

AM Shew, JB Tack, LL Nalley, P Chaminuka - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Understanding extreme weather impacts on staple crops such as wheat is vital for creating
adaptation strategies and increasing food security, especially in dryland cropping systems …

The effects of 1.5 and 2 degrees of global warming on Africa in the CORDEX ensemble

G Nikulin, C Lennard, A Dosio… - Environmental …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
There is a general lack of information about the potential effects of 1.5, 2 or more degrees of
global warming on the regional climates within Africa, and most studies that address this use …