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.