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View article: A 66-year assessment of photovoltaic solar resource trends across Yemen
A 66-year assessment of photovoltaic solar resource trends across Yemen Open
Yemen’s rapidly warming climate poses critical challenges to solar energy efficiency despite abundant irradiance. We observe pronounced warming across all thermal indices, with mean surface air temperatures rising by +0.25 °C per decade (p…
View article: Understanding land use and land cover change in a prolonged conflict affected farming system: the case of Tuban district, Yemen
Understanding land use and land cover change in a prolonged conflict affected farming system: the case of Tuban district, Yemen Open
A growing body of evidence suggests the worsened decline in the productivity of land resources is cascading risks on vulnerable populations in Yemen, but recent research rarely focuses on this geographical area. This study uses the most ex…
View article: Recent and future exposure of water, sanitation, and hygiene systems to climate-related hazards in Zambia
Recent and future exposure of water, sanitation, and hygiene systems to climate-related hazards in Zambia Open
Climate change-driven water scarcity will lead to inequitable water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) access. However, current research in Zambia has ignored linking climate science dimensions to WASH access programs, thus limiting WASH-rela…
View article: Future photovoltaic solar power resources in Zambia: a CORDEX-CORE multi-model synthesis
Future photovoltaic solar power resources in Zambia: a CORDEX-CORE multi-model synthesis Open
The exploration of renewable energy such as wind and solar radiation has the potential of reducing reliance on fossil fuels, thus cutting emissions of carbon dioxide, particulate matter, and several other greenhouse gasses. However, recent…
View article: Agricultural Water Deficit Trends in Yemen
Agricultural Water Deficit Trends in Yemen Open
Globally, climate change is triggering shifts in water availability, especially across arid and desert landscapes similar to that in Yemen, where precipitation patterns are increasingly erratic. Here, we use water budget calculations, drou…
View article: CMIP6 models simulate heavier future rainfall over the Highlands than across other agricultural areas of Yemen
CMIP6 models simulate heavier future rainfall over the Highlands than across other agricultural areas of Yemen Open
The climate of Yemen remains largely unstudied, leading to major uncertainties and a lack of understanding of future extreme rainfall events and how they are likely to affect agriculture. Here, we examine future heavy rainfall events for t…
View article: Performance assessment of CORDEX regional climate models in wind speed simulations over Zambia
Performance assessment of CORDEX regional climate models in wind speed simulations over Zambia Open
There is no single solution to cutting emissions, however, renewable energy projects that are backed by rigorous ex-ante assessments play an important role in these efforts. An inspection of literature reveals critical knowledge gaps in th…
View article: Modelling wind speed across Zambia: Implications for wind energy
Modelling wind speed across Zambia: Implications for wind energy Open
Wind energy is a key option in global dialogues about climate change mitigation. Here, we combined observations from surface wind stations, reanalysis datasets, and state‐of‐the‐art regional climate models from the Coordinated Regional Cli…
View article: An unusually long Rift valley fever inter-epizootic period in Zambia: Evidence for enzootic virus circulation and risk for disease outbreak
An unusually long Rift valley fever inter-epizootic period in Zambia: Evidence for enzootic virus circulation and risk for disease outbreak Open
Rift valley fever (RVF) is a mosquito-borne disease of animals and humans. Although RVF outbreaks are usually reported at 5-15-year intervals in sub-Saharan Africa, Zambia has experienced an unusually long inter-epizootic/-epidemic period …
View article: An ensemble empirical mode decomposition of consecutive dry days in the Zambezi Riparian Region: Implications for water management
An ensemble empirical mode decomposition of consecutive dry days in the Zambezi Riparian Region: Implications for water management Open
The Zambezi Riparian Region (ZRR) is a lifeline and home to ∼40 million people who depend heavily on the river basin for their livelihood. It also furnishes 8 of its riparian countries with goods and services on which hydropower production…
View article: Public Institutional Structures for Disaster Preparedness in the Cereal Value Chain: A Zambian Case Study
Public Institutional Structures for Disaster Preparedness in the Cereal Value Chain: A Zambian Case Study Open
Increasing extreme climate events and cyclonic activities provide clear evidence that the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region is a hotspot for climate change-driven natural disasters which critically disrupt agricultural p…
View article: Deciphering the performance of satellite-based daily rainfall products over Zambia
Deciphering the performance of satellite-based daily rainfall products over Zambia Open
The amount and distribution of precipitation plays a vital role in the management of water resources, agriculture and flood-risk preparedness. Unfortunately, Zambia like many other developing countries is a highly data-scarce country with …
View article: Multi-model synthesis of future extreme temperature indices over Zambia
Multi-model synthesis of future extreme temperature indices over Zambia Open
Although temperature is one of the most important climate variables to be considered in adapting systems to climate change, its study over Zambia has until recently been largely ignored. A dearth of the literature on future temperature ext…
View article: Variability of extreme wet events over Malawi
Variability of extreme wet events over Malawi Open
Adverse effects of extreme wet events are well documented by several studies around the world. These effects are exacerbated in developing countries like Malawi that have insufficient risk reduction strategies and capacity to cope with ext…
View article: Variability of extreme wet events over Malawi
Variability of extreme wet events over Malawi Open
Adverse effects of extreme wet events are well documented by several studies around the world. These effects are exacerbated in developing countries like Malawi that have insufficient risk reduction strategies and capacity to cope with ext…