Understanding the impacts of climate variability and change on terrestrial ecosystems in
Africa remains a critical issue for ecology as well as for regional and global climate policy …

Abstract The “Great Green Wall” of trees (GGW) is an emblematic Pan‐African initiative of re‐
greening the Sahel through afforestation and assisted natural regeneration of trees in order …

This study investigated the changes in the climate and the spatiotemporal variations in
climate extreme indices of the Dano catchment in Burkina Faso using historical data for the …

Introduction One of the ways that climate change manifest itself is through temperature
changes. Though the Oti River basin has been grappling with drought incidents, there has …

This study aims to characterize the impacts of the Sahel–Sahara interface reforestation on
compound extremes in the Sahel region during the West African monsoon season (June …

The aim of this study is to simulate the impact of mineral dust emissions from the Sahel–
Saharan zone on temperature extremes over the Sahel. To achieve this goal, we performed …

The drought recorded in 1970s and 1980s, particularly in the Sahara and Sahel region has
greatly affected the population as well as the economies and the eco-systems of this area. In …

Résumé Le but de cette étude est de caractériser les extrêmes composés de précipitation et
de température au Sénégal. Pour ce faire, nous avons analysé les sorties de six (6) modèles …

Studies simulating the large-scale afforestation of the African Sahel constantly find warning
signals of increased risk of extreme temperatures and heatwaves resulting from changes in …

West Africa is currently experiencing extensive agricultural intensification associated with
rapid population growth. Those anthropogenic land use and land-cover changes (LULCC) …