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The mysteries of Sahel droughts

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Past variability in Sahel rainfall is closely linked to global sea surface temperature distributions in observations and models alike. Climate simulations for the 21st century suggest that additional influences may become important in the future.

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Figure 1: Future projections of Sahel rainfall.

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  1. Kerry H. Cook is at the Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, Texas 78712, USA. kc@jsg.utexas.edu,

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Cook, K. The mysteries of Sahel droughts. Nature Geosci 1, 647–648 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo320

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