Evidence contained within historical documents and inscriptions provides an important
record of climate variability for periods prior to the onset of systematic meteorological data …

This paper provides a critical analysis of recent climate history (or historical climatology)
scholarship. It identifies four key subfields in this historiography of climate change. First, it …

Water availability is fundamental to societies and ecosystems, but our understanding of
variations in hydroclimate (including extreme events, flooding, and decadal periods of …

A Two-Century Precipitation Dataset for the Continent of Africa in: Bulletin of the American
Meteorological Society Volume 93 Issue 8 (2012) Jump to Content Jump to Main Navigation …

Abstract Tourism Climatic Indices (TCIs) are widely used in the global North to quantify the
climatic suitability of a destination for tourism. Only one such study has been conducted in …

A growing number of proxy, historical and instrumental data sets are now available from
continental Africa through which past variations in temperature can be assessed. This paper …

The article presents a newly created precipitation data set for the African continent and
describes the methodology used in its creation. It is based on a combination of proxy data …

Abstract The Maloti-Drakensberg Mountains are southern Africa's highest and lie at a crucial
interface between the sub-continent's drier, colder, more seasonal interior and its …

In April 2022, flooding and associated geohazards caused major loss of life and extensive
damage in the greater Durban region and large areas of the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) coastal …

Climate change poses significant challenges to the tourism sector, with snow-based tourism
particularly threatened. Snow-based tourism is largely dependent on adaptation, including …