A5087559688- African Studies and Geopolitics
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- Agricultural risk and resilience
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Water management and technologies
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
- Climate variability and models
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- African Studies and Ethnography
- Archaeological and Historical Studies
- Transboundary Water Resource Management
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
- earthquake and tectonic studies
- demographic modeling and climate adaptation
- Conservation Techniques and Studies
- Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Seismology and Earthquake Studies
- Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
- Seismic Waves and Analysis
- Aeolian processes and effects
University of East Anglia
2003-2021
African Studies Centre
2019
READ Global
2012
Tyndall Centre
2005-2010
Overseas Development Institute
2009
University of Copenhagen
2005
Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques
2005
Institute of Earth Environment
2005
Chinese Academy of Sciences
2005
Université Paris Cité
2005
Since iron is an important micronutrient, deposition of in mineral aerosols can impact the carbon cycle and atmospheric CO 2 . This paper reviews our current understanding global dust identifies future research needs. The distribution desert estimated from a combination observations situ concentration, optical depth, data; satellite; models. anthropogenically influenced portion flux thought to be smaller than natural portion, but difficult quantify due poorly understood response changes...
This paper critically reviews the outcomes of internationally-funded interventions aimed at climate change adaptation and vulnerability reduction. It highlights how some inadvertently reinforce, redistribute or create new sources vulnerability. Four mechanisms drive these maladaptive outcomes: (i) shallow understanding context; (ii) inequitable stakeholder participation in both design implementation; (iii) a retrofitting into existing development agendas; (iv) lack critical engagement with...
In recent years the population of Hindu Kush Himalayas (HKH) has been confronted with rapid social, economic, demographic, and political changes. addition, region is particularly vulnerable to climate change. However, there a scarcity cohesive information on state environment socio-economic situation approximately 210 million people who reside in HKH. Specifically, data livelihood vulnerability are lacking. As part Himalaya Climate Change Adaptation Programme, International Centre for...
This paper explores the possible links between rapid climate change (RCC) and social in Near East surrounding regions (Anatolia, central Syria, southern Israel, Mesopotamia, Cyprus eastern Sahara) during ‘long’ 4th millennium (∼4500–3000) BC. Twenty terrestrial 20 marine proxies are used to identify long-term trends humidity involving transitions from humid arid conditions vice versa. The frequency distribution of episodes relative aridity across these records is calculated for period...
Climate change poses a challenge to the dominant development paradigm with its concepts of modernisation, economic growth and globalisation which treat environment as an externality largely ignore climate variability. This article explores extent challenge, drawing on archaeological evidence showing that adaptation severe can involve much more radical changes in human societies than are currently envisaged. Furthermore, short‐term result long‐term maladaptation, increasing vulnerability...
Climate-related risks to African agriculture are highly contextual. Climatic conditions changing in diverse agro-ecological environments throughout Africa, and populations being affected by, responding to, these changes. The paper describes how climate change mediated by multiple factors, ranging from the availability of physical resources through policy contexts role culture. Consequently, support adaptation needs be complemented with research that can generate contextual information inform...
Climate change is a real and present threat to heritage across the world. In Europe North America, research on impacts of climate heritage, including how mitigate against more frequent extreme weather events implement efficient sustainable adaptation planning, are now key foci literature. contrast, virtually nothing has been written about African continent, even though these will be significant in coming decades. Heritage essential for livelihoods, but also construction reinforcement...
The Sahara is a key region for studies of archaeology, human-environment interaction, global biogeochemical cycles, and climate change. With few notable exceptions, the subject very little international scientific research, fact that remarkable given Sahara's proximity to Europe, developmental issues facing its growing population, region's sensitivity change potential influencing through export airborne mineral dust. This article seeks address interaction in from an interdisciplinary...
Abstract The twenty-first century is likely to be characterised by large changes in regional climatic and environmental conditions, with implications for the availability distribution of key resources such as water productive land. While human societies are potentially profound, empirical evidence base understanding human–environment interactions focuses largely on relatively recent past, during which examples rapid severe climate change lacking. there no precise past analogues change,...