Mega-droughts In Sub-Saharan Africa Normal For Region: Droughts Likely To Worsen With Climate Change

Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 22:28 in Earth & Climate

Some droughts lasted centuries in the past, and a warming planet may make future droughts more devastating. A new study of lake sediments in Ghana suggests that severe droughts lasting several decades, even centuries, were the norm in West Africa over the past 3,000 years.

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