Executive summary Land and climate interact in complex ways through changes in forcing
and multiple biophysical and biogeochemical feedbacks across different spatial and …

Studies have shown that land and climate interact in complex ways through multiple
biophysical and biogeochemical feedbacks. In this interaction mechanism, the carbon …

This study examines the effect of land cover, vegetation health, climatic forcings, elevation
heat loads, and terrain characteristics (LVCET) on land surface temperature (LST) …

The rapidly growing human population in sub-Saharan Africa generates increasing demand
for agricultural land and forest products, which presumably leads to deforestation …

Precipitation and runoff variability over West and Central Africa is the major challenge of
water resource management, which drives a range of socio-economic issues. Storm water …

We examine the ability of an ensemble of 10 Regional Climate Models (RCMs), driven by
ERA-Interim reanalysis, in skillfully reproducing key features of present-day precipitation and …

This review focuses on recent ecological changes in the Sahel. While other recent reviews
focused mainly on agricultural changes, remote sensing, and the evolution and distribution …

This study presents evaluation of the ability of Rossby Centre Regional Climate Model
(RCA4) driven by nine global circulation models (GCMs), to skilfully reproduce the key …

Large‐scale reforestation can potentially bring both benefits and risks to the water cycle,
which needs to be better quantified under future climates to inform reforestation decisions …

Study region Data-scarce basins located in West Africa and northern Central Africa. Study
focus Multiple studies have shown that global gridded precipitation datasets could provide …