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The long-term fluctuations in temperature, precipitation, wind, and all other aspects of the Earth's climate. External processes, such as solar-irradiance variations, variations of the Earth's orbital parameters (eccentricity, precession, and inclination), lithosphere motions, and volcanic activity, are factors in climatic variation. Internal variations of the climate system, e.g., changes in the abundance of greenhouse gases, also may produce fluctuations of sufficient magnitude and variability to explain observed climate change through the feedback processes interrelating the components of the climate system. (Source: GSFC)
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2019. Chapter 2: Angola in Outline: Physiography, Climate and Patterns of Biodiversity. Biodiversity of Angola - Science and Conservation: A Modern Synthesis 15-42
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| Angola in Outline_Physiography_Climate and Patterns of Biodiversity.pdf | 14.07 MB |
2015. Synthesis: Climate effects on biodiversity, abundance and distribution of marine organisms in the Benguela. Fisheries Oceanography (24) 122-149
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| Synthesis_Climate effects on biodiversity_abundance and distribution of marine organisms in the Benguela.pdf | 3.83 MB |
2019. Harnessing diverse knowledge and belief systems to adapt to climate change in semi-arid rural Africa. Climate Services (14) 31-36
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| Harnessing diverse knowledge and belief systems to adapt to climate change in semi_arid rural Africa.pdf | 239.59 KB |
2019. Vegetation and climate change in the Pro-Namib and Namib Desert based on repeat photography: Insights into climate trends. Journal of Arid Environments (165) 119-131
Website link:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2019.01.007
2013. Data collection survey on forest conservation in southern Africa for addressing climate change: Final report.
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| Data Collection Survey on Forest Conservation in Southern Africa for Addressing Climate Change.pdf | 2.26 MB |
2011. Let's act to adapt - Dealing with climate change: A community information toolkit on adaptation - A resource package developed for farmers and natural resource users in rural, urban and peri-urban areas in the Erongo, Hardap, Karas and Khomas regions, Namibia.
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| Dealing with climate change_Erongo Hardap Karas and Khomas regions.pdf | 3.77 MB |
2018. Livelihoods on the edge without a safety net: The case of smallholder crop farming in north-central Namibia. Land (7)
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| The Case of Smallholder Crop Farming in North_Central Namibia.pdf | 212.72 KB |
2009. Agricultural adaptation, local knowledge and livelihood diversification in North-Central Namibia. 1-48
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| Agricultural adaptation_local knowledge and livelihood diversification in North_Central Namibia.pdf | 754.42 KB |
2009. Okavango River Basin Environmental Flow Assessment Project Final Report.
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| Okavango River Basin Environmental Flow Assessment Project Final Report.pdf | 1.63 MB |
2006. Impact of climate change and development scenarios on flow patterns in the Okavango River. Journal of Hydrology (331) 43-57
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| Impact of climate change and development scenarios on flow patterns in the Okavango River.pdf | 539.94 KB |
2015. Indigenous Knowledge of Namibia.
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| Indigenous Knowledge of Namibia_Contents.pdf | 2.19 MB |
Website link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvgc619h
2015. Indigenous knowledge and climate change in rural Namibia: A gendered approach. Indigenous knowledge of Namibia 263-282
Website link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvgc619h
2006. Unpacking groundwater governance through the lens of a trialogue: A southern African case study.
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| Unpacking groundwater governance through the lens of a trialogue_A southern African case study.pdf | 904.73 KB |
2018. Vegetation-environment relations along an aridity gradient on Kalahari Sands in central Namibia.
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| Vegetation_environment relations along an aridity gradient on Kalahari Sands in central Namibia.pdf | 2.98 MB |
Namibia Rangelands.
Website link:http://www.namibiarangelands.com/
2013. Forests, rangelands and climate change in southern Africa.
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| Forests_rangelands and climate change in southern Africa.pdf | 1.26 MB |
2002. A demographic study of Aloe dichotoma in the succulent karoo: are the effects of climate change already apparent?.
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| A demographic study of Aloe dichotoma in the succulent karoo_are the effects of climate change already apparent.pdf | 3.23 MB |
2010. Potential responses of terrestrial biodiversity in southern Africa to anthropogenic climate change. Regional Environmental Change
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| Potential responses of terrestrial biodiversity in southern Africa to anthropogenic climate change.pdf | 560.48 KB |
2012. Shifting thresholds and changing degradation patterns: Climate change effects on the simulated long-term response of a semi-arid savanna to grazing. Journal of Applied Ecology 49 (4) 814-823
2020. Sand circles in stony landscapes of Namibia are caused by large Euphorbia shrubs. South African Journal of Botany 130 25-29
2018. Assessing the evidence: Migration, environment and climate change in Namibia.
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| Assessing the Evidence_Namibia_EN.pdf | 5.21 MB |
2018. Vulnerability and responses to climate change in drylands: The case of Namibia. CARIAA-ASSAR Working Paper.
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| Vulnerability and responses to climate change in drylands_the case of Namibia.pdf | 1.63 MB |
2019. Climate change and global warming in Namibia: Environmental disasters vs. human life and the economy. Management and Economics Research Journal 5
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| Climate Change and Global Warming in Namibia_2019.pdf | 239.31 KB |
2019. Climate Change and Land: IPCC Special Report on Climate Change, Desertification, Land Degradation, Sustainable Land Management, Food Security, and Greenhouse gas fluxes in Terrestrial Ecosystems. Summary for Policymakers.
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| Climate Change and Land_IPCC Special Report.pdf | 31.33 MB |
Opinion: What global warming of 1.5 ℃ and higher means for Botswana and Namibia. The release this week of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) special report on global warming of 1.5℃ above pre-industrial levels marks a critical point in climate negotiations. Billed in the media as "life changing", the report illustrates how crossing the ever-nearer threshold of 1.5℃ warming will affect the planet, and how difficult it will be to avoid overshooting this target. The special report takes a worldwide look at the growing impacts of climate change. But for countries like Botswana and Namibia, which are highly vulnerable to climate stresses, it's important to understand how surpassing the 1.5℃ global limit will play out at the local level. For these hot, dry and water-stressed countries, local warming and drying will be greater than the global average. So, even a 1.5°C increase in global temperature will have severe local impacts, ushering in intensified and longer droughts and many more heatwaves. Ironically, when rain does fall, it is expected to be much heavier, increasing the risk of heavy flooding within an overall drying climate.
2005. Linking desert evolution and coastal upwelling: Pliocene climate change in Namibia. Geology 33 (6) 461-464
2011. Climate Change Impact on Quiver Trees in Arid Namibia and South Africa. Climate Change - Geophysical Foundations and Ecological Effects 323-324
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| Climate Change Impact on Quiver Trees in Arid Namibia and South Africa.pdf | 723.41 KB |
2016. Patterns of forest composition and their long term environmental drivers in the tropical dry forest transition zone of southern Africa. Forest Ecosystems 3 (23)
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| Patterns of forest composition and their long term environmental driver.pdf | 1.45 MB |
2004. Modelling vegetation dynamics and their feedbacks over Southern Africa in response to climate change forcing.
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| Modelling vegetation dynamics and their feedbacks over Southern Africa in response to climate change forcing.pdf | 56.84 MB |
2019. Ridge formation with strip tillage alleviates excess moisture stress for drought-tolerant crops. Soil and Tillage Research 195
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| Ridge formation with strip tillage alleviates excess moisture stress for drought_tolerant crops.pdf | 1.6 MB |
2005. Is the flagship of the Richtersveld sinking?. (December 2005) 180-181
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| Is the flagship of the Richtersveld sinking.pdf | 1.25 MB |
2011. Revisiting Aloe dichotoma's suitability as an indictor of climate change in southern Africa.
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| Revisiting Aloe dichotomas suitability as an indictor of climate change in southern Africa.pdf | 7.04 MB |
2014. The influence of rainfall seasonality and climate change on the demography of Aloe dichotoma, a long-lived succulent tree from semi-arid southern Africa.
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| The influence of rainfall seasonality and climate change on the demography of Aloe dichotoma.pdf | 4.74 MB |
2012. Energy, water and climate change in southern Africa: what are the issues that need further investment and research?.
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| Energy_water and climate change in southern Africa.pdf | 4.22 MB |
2013. Effects of biomass-burning aerosol loading on Southern African climate.
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| Effects of biomass burning aerosol loading on Southern African climate.pdf | 16.97 MB |
2017. Implications of climate change on the reproductive success of the Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill, Tockus leucomelas.
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| Implications of climate change on the reproductive success of the Southern Yellow_billed Hornbill.pdf | 6.96 MB |
2014. The endangered bank cormorant Phalacrocorax neglectus: the heat is on: understanding the effect of climate change and associated environmental variable changes on the breeding biology and population dynamics of the bank cormorant in the Western Cape, South Africa.
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| The endangered bank cormorant Phalacrocorax neglectus.pdf | 1.47 MB |
2014. Climate change governance in the SADC region: towards development of an integrated and comprehensive framework policy or protocol on adaptation.
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| Climate change governance in the SADC region_2014.pdf | 408.4 KB |
2011. Birds at risk in warming southern African deserts: inferences from behavioural and physiological thermoregulation.
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| Birds at risk in warming southern African deserts_2011.pdf | 1.2 MB |
2018. Barriers and enablers to the adoption of practices to improve crop production and reduce vulnerability to climate risks in the semi-arid Omusati Region, Namibia.
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| Barriers and enablers to the adoption of practices to improve crop production and reduce vulnerability to climate risks.pdf | 2.38 MB |
2018. Impact of climate change and irrigation development on hydropower supply in the Zambezi River Basin, and implications for power sector development in the Southern African Power Pool.
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| Impact of climate change and irrigation development on hydropower supply in the Zambezi River Basin.pdf | 4.28 MB |
2010. Projecting climate change impacts on species distributions in megadiverse South African Cape and Southwest Australian Floristic Regions: Opportunities and challenges. Austral Ecology 35 (4) 374-391
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| Projecting climate change impacts on species distributions in megadiverse South African Cape and Southwest Australian Floristic Regions.pdf | 629.54 KB |
1999. From representation to persistence: requirements for a sustainable system of conservation areas in the species‐rich mediterranean‐climate desert of southern Africa. Diversity and Distributions 5 (1-2) 51-71
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| Requirements for a sustainable system of conservation areas in the species_rich mediterranean_climate desert of southern Africa.pdf | 1.23 MB |
2020. Conserving Africa's wildlife and wildlands through the COVID-19 crisis and beyond. Nature Ecology and Evolution 2020
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| Conserving Africas wildlife and wildlands through the COVID_19 crisis and beyond.pdf | 3.88 MB |
1993. Känozoischer Klima- und Umweltwandel in Etoscha Nord-Namibia - Untersuchungen zur Klimasensibilität und Geomorphodynamik.
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2016. Rapid soil respiration responses to simulated rainfall along the Namib Desert climate gradient. Journal of the Namibia Scientific Society 64 103-120
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| Rapid soil respiration responses to simulated rainfall along the Namib Desert climate gradient.pdf | 1.36 MB |
2020. Multiple scales of spatial heterogeneity control soil respiration responses to precipitation across a dryland rainfall gradient. Plant Soil 2020
2016. The Land-Potential Knowledge System (LandPKS): mobile apps and collaboration for optimizing climate change investments. Ecosystem Health and Sustainability 2 (3) e01209
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| The Land_Potential Knowledge System_mobile apps and collaboration for optimizing climate change investments.pdf | 339.14 KB |
2016. Paleoenvironments, Sea Levels, and Land Use in Namaqualand, South Africa, During MIS 6-2. Africa from MIS 6-2: Population Dynamics and Paleoenvironments, Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology 195-211
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| Paleoenvironments_Sea Levels and Land Use in Namaqualand_During MIS 6_2.pdf | 466.18 KB |