TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wolff, Christian Michael
A1  - Haug, Gerald H.
A1  - Timmermann, Axel
A1  - Damste, Jaap S. Sinninghe
A1  - Brauer, Achim
A1  - Sigman, Daniel M.
A1  - Cane, Mark A.
A1  - Verschuren, Dirk
T1  - Reduced interannual rainfall variability in East Africa during the last Ice Age
T2  - Science
N2  - Interannual rainfall variations in equatorial East Africa are tightly linked to the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO), with more rain and flooding during El Nino and droughts in La Nina years, both having severe impacts on human habitation and food security. Here we report evidence from an annually laminated lake sediment record from southeastern Kenya for interannual to centennial-scale changes in ENSO-related rainfall variability during the last three millennia and for reductions in both the mean rate and the variability of rainfall in East Africa during the Last Glacial period. Climate model simulations support forward extrapolation from these lake sediment data that future warming will intensify the interannual variability of East Africa's rainfall.
Y1  - 2011
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/36692
SN  - 0036-8075
VL  - 333
IS  - 6043
SP  - 743
EP  - 747
PB  - American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science
CY  - Washington
ER  -