Drivers and trajectories of land cover change in East Africa: human and environmental interactions from 6000 years ago to present
Rob Marchant,Suzi Richer,Oliver Boles,Claudia Capitani,Colin J Courtney-Mustaphi,Colin J Courtney-Mustaphi,Paul Lane,Paul Lane,Mary E. Prendergast,Daryl Stump,Gijs De Cort,Gijs De Cort,Jed O. Kaplan,Leanne N. Phelps,Andrea Kay,Daniel Olago,Nik Petek,Philip J. Platts,Paramita Punwong,Mats Widgren,Stephanie Wynne-Jones,Stephanie Wynne-Jones,Cruz Ferro-Vázquez,Jacquiline Benard,Nicole Boivin,Alison Crowther,Alison Crowther,Aida Cuni-Sanchez,Nicolas J. Deere,Anneli Ekblom,Jennifer Ann Farmer,Jemma M. Finch,Dorian Q. Fuller,Marie-José Gaillard-Lemdahl,Lindsey Gillson,Esther Githumbi,Tabitha Kabora,Rebecca Kariuki,Rahab Kinyanjui,Elizabeth Kyazike,Carol Lang,Julius Bunny Lejju,Kathleen D. Morrison,Veronica M. Muiruri,Cassian Mumbi,Rebecca Muthoni,Alfred N. N. Muzuka,Emmanuel Ndiema,Chantal Kabonyi Nzabandora,Isaya Onjala,Annemiek Pas Schrijver,Stephen M. Rucina,Anna Shoemaker,Senna Thornton-Barnett,Geert W. van der Plas,Elizabeth Watson,David Williamson,David K. Wright +57 more
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In this article, the authors compile archaeological and palaeoenvironmental data from East Africa to document land-cover change, and environmental, subsistence and land-use transitions over the past 6000 years.About:
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The Impact of Land Use/Land Cover Change (LULCC) on Water Resources in a Tropical Catchment in Tanzania under Different Climate Change Scenarios
Kristian Näschen,Bernd Diekkrüger,Mariele Evers,Britta Höllermann,Stefanie Steinbach,Frank Thonfeld +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated historic land use/land cover (LULC) patterns as well as potential future LULCC and its effect on water quantities in a complex tropical catchment in Tanzania.
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Pollen-based climate reconstruction techniques for late Quaternary studies
Manuel Chevalier,Basil A. S. Davis,Oliver Heiri,Heikki Seppä,Brian M. Chase,Konrad Gajewski,Terri Lacourse,Richard J. Telford,Walter Finsinger,Joel Guiot,Norbert Kühl,S. Yoshi Maezumi,S. Yoshi Maezumi,John Tipton,Vachel A. Carter,Thomas Brussel,Leanne N. Phelps,Leanne N. Phelps,Leanne N. Phelps,Andria Dawson,Marco Zanon,F Valle,Connor Nolan,Achille Mauri,Anne de Vernal,Kenji Izumi,Lasse Holmström,Jeremiah Marsicek,Simon Goring,Philipp Sommer,Michelle A. Chaput,Dmitry A. Kupriyanov +31 more
TL;DR: A review of the most commonly used statistical techniques to derive quantitative estimates of climate conditions from pollen assemblages can be found in this paper, where the authors provide a resource to facilitate their inclusion in more palaeoclimatic research.
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Global acceleration in rates of vegetation change over the past 18,000 years
Ondrej Mottl,S.G.A. Flantua,S.G.A. Flantua,Kuber Prasad Bhatta,Vivian A. Felde,Vivian A. Felde,Thomas Giesecke,Simon Goring,Eric C. Grimm,Simon Haberle,Henry Hooghiemstra,Sarah J. Ivory,Petr Kuneš,Steffen Wolters,Alistair William Robin Seddon,Alistair William Robin Seddon,John W. Williams +16 more
TL;DR: Using a compilation of 1181 fossil pollen sequences and newly developed statistical methods, the authors detected a worldwide acceleration in the rates of vegetation compositional change beginning between 4.6 and 2.9 thousand years ago that is globally unprecedented over the past 18,000 years in both magnitude and extent.
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Working on the boundaries—How do science use and interpret the nature-based solution concept?
TL;DR: In this article, the concept boundary object is used to explore the cohesive and fragmenting powers of the nature-based solutions (NBS) concept, and discuss its future role in green space governance.
Indo-Pacific Sea Surface Temperature Influences on Failed Consecutive Rainy Seasons over Eastern Africa
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the forcing of drought during consecutive long and short rains seasons over eastern Africa by Indo-Pacific sea surface temperatures (SSTs) and found that the increased frequency of dry conditions is linked to warming SSTs over the Indo-west Pacific and to a lesser degree to Pacific Decadal Variability.
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