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Multi‐Country‐Multi‐City Characterisation of Heat Stress and Exposure in Africa

International Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.
This study provides the first continent‐wide, grid‐specific assessment of heat stress trends in Africa, revealing a sharp rise in multi‐scale extreme heat episodes and shifting population exposure. Findings highlight urgent implications for urban planning and climate adaptation.
Tobi Eniolu Morakinyo, Oluwafemi E. Adeyeri, Mojolaoluwa Toluwalase Daramola, Bobde Vishal, Kazeem Abiodun Ishola, Oluwafemi Benjamin Obe, Emmanuel Olaoluwa Eresanya, Akintomide Afolayan Akinsanola, Charles Onyutha, Brian Odhiambo Ayugi, Patricia Nying'uro   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tradeoffs between the use of improved varieties and agrobiodiversity conservation in the Sahel

npj Sustainable Agriculture
The issue of sustainable agrifood systems, especially the existence of possible tradeoffs between agricultural intensification (through the use of improved varieties) and agrobiodiversity conservation is of high policy relevance in Sub-Saharan Africa. We
Abel-Gautier Kouakou, Tahirou Abdoulaye
doaj   +1 more source

Tribes and Trafficking: Trans-Saharan Illegal Trade Routes as a Conflict Factor in the Sahara-Sahel Region

Международная аналитика
The conflict in the Sahel that began in 2012 is closely linked to the phenomenon of trans-Saharan illicit trade routes through Mali, Niger and Libya.
G. V. Lukyanov, A. M. Nadzharov
doaj   +1 more source

Making decisions about agroecological innovations: perspectives from members of farmers’ organizations in Burkina Faso

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2023
There is a growing promotion of agroecological techniques in many Sub-Saharan African countries as a response to the current climatic variability challenges.
Aboubakar Iyabano, Cees Leeuwis, Rico Lie, Aurélie Toillier, Ann Waters-Bayer   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Statistical evidence links exceptional 1995 Atlantic hurricane season to record sea warming [PDF]

, 2004
Tropical cyclones rank above earthquakes as the major geophysical cause of loss of life and property (Bryant, 1991; Houghton, 1994). In the United States alone, the damage bill from mainland landfalling hurricanes over the last 50 years averages $2.0 ...
Harris, AR, Saunders, MA
core   +1 more source

Localizing Efforts to Prevent Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Humanitarian Aid: Evolving Experiences of Power and Agency in Lebanon

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Efforts to address gender‐based violence in humanitarian settings increasingly call for recognition of and funding to local women‐led organizations and women's rights organizations for long‐term response. The Empowered Aid initiative seeks to address sexual exploitation and abuse by working with local organizations as well as the refugee women
Jihan Kaisi, Fatima Mahmoud, Hope Harriet, Jessie Weber, Alina Potts   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Forty years of fertility changes in the Sahel

Demographic Research, 2019
Background: Despite much discussion on the fertility changes in sub-Saharan Africa, the countries of the Sahel have received only limited attention. Their comparatively high and stable fertility levels contributed them being labeled as an exception in ...
Thomas Spoorenberg
doaj   +1 more source

Using childhood landscape memories to uncover the dynamics of Anthropocene in African Urbanscapes

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract This perspective provides a reflective account of our personal experiences as African professors and lecturers in diverse fields of environmental sciences encountering the urban Anthropocene. Here, we explain the nature of the unprecedented, potent and hidden changes in our lived environments.
Aliyu Salisu Barau, Halima Abdulkadir Idris, Muhammad Nuraddeen Danjuma, Murtala Uba Mohammed, Abdulaziz Hassan, Amina Sheikh Abdullahi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Climate change‐driven expansion of goosegrass highlights risks to global food production

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
Climate change is expanding the climatic suitability of Eleusine indica into temperate agricultural regions, increasing its overlap with major soybean and maize production areas. These findings highlight a growing global threat to food security and the need for proactive weed management strategies.
Thiago Deomar Ludwig, Ednaldo Alexandre Borgato, Luis Antonio de Avila, Laura Montipó Roncaglia, Maria Imaculada Zucchi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lista comentada de los reptiles de Mauritania (oeste de África)

Graellsia, 2006
Esta es la primera lista de reptiles comentada con datos de distribución para la República Islámica de Mauritania. La fauna de reptiles de Mauritania se compone de 86 especies pertenecientes a 21 familias.
J. M. Padial
doaj   +1 more source