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

17. 4 2009 (05:15)

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.