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DOI	10.1080/13629380500336680
	The Climate-Environment-Society Nexus in the Sahara from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day
	Brooks, Nick; Chiapello, Isabelle; Di Lernia, Savino; Drake, Nick; Legrand, Michel; Moulin, Cyril; Prospero, Joseph
通讯作者	Brooks, N
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF NORTH AFRICAN STUDIES
ISSN	1362-9387
EISSN	1743-9345
出版年	2005
卷号	10 期号:3-4 页码:253-292
英文摘要	The Sahara is a key region for studies of archaeology, human-environment interaction, global biogeochemical cycles, and global climate change. With a few notable exceptions, the region is the subject of very little international scientific research, a fact that is remarkable given the Sahara's proximity to Europe, the developmental issues facing its growing population, the region's sensitivity to climate change and the Sahara's potential for influencing global climate through the export of airborne mineral dust. This article seeks to address human-environment interaction in the Sahara from an interdisciplinary perspective, focusing on the implications of Saharan environmental variability and change for human populations both within and outside of the region on timescales ranging from decades to millennia. The article starts by addressing past climatic changes and their impacts on human populations, before moving on to consider present day water resources and rainfall variability in their longer-term context; the possibility of a 'greening' of the southern Sahara as suggested by some climate models is also discussed. The role of the Sahara as the world's largest source of airborne mineral dust is addressed in some detail, as are the impacts of dust on climate, ecosystems and human health, as well as the implications of future changes in climate for dust production and the role of the Sahara in the Earth system. The article ends with a discussion and synthesis that explores the lessons that may be learnt from a study of the physical and social sciences in the Sahara, in particular focusing on what the signature of past environmental and socio-cultural changes can tell us about human responses and adaptations to climatic and environmental change - a matter of great relevance to researchers and policy makers alike in the context of anthropogenic climate change or 'global warming'.
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	ESCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000212725100002
WOS关键词	LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM ; DESERT LUNG SYNDROME ; LATE QUATERNARY ; SAHEL RAINFALL ; AFRICAN DUST ; NABTA PLAYA ; WEST ; HOLOCENE ; IMPACT ; CYCLE
WOS类目	Area Studies
WOS研究方向	Area Studies
来源机构	University of London
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/328635
作者单位	[Brooks, Nick] Univ East Anglia, Saharan Studies Programme, Norwich, Norfolk, England; [Brooks, Nick] Tyndall Ctr Climate Change Res, Norwich, Norfolk, England; [Chiapello, Isabelle] Univ Lille, Villeneuve Dascq, France; [Di Lernia, Savino] Univ Roma La Sapienza, Ethnoarchaeol, Rome, Italy; [Drake, Nick] Kings Coll London, Dept Geog, London, England; [Legrand, Michel] Univ Sci & Tech Lille, Lab dOptique Atmospherique, Atmospher Sci, Villeneuve Dascq, France; [Moulin, Cyril] CNRS, Lab Sci Climat & lEnvironnem, Gif Sur Yvette, France; [Prospero, Joseph] Univ Miami, Rosenstiel Sch Marine & Atmospher Sci, Marine & Atmospher Chem, Coral Gables, FL 33124 USA; [Prospero, Joseph] Univ Miami, Rosenstiel Sch Marine & Atmospher Sci, Cooperat Inst Marine & Atmospher Studies, Coral Gables, FL 33124 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Brooks, Nick,Chiapello, Isabelle,Di Lernia, Savino,et al. The Climate-Environment-Society Nexus in the Sahara from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day[J]. University of London,2005,10(3-4):253-292.
APA	Brooks, Nick.,Chiapello, Isabelle.,Di Lernia, Savino.,Drake, Nick.,Legrand, Michel.,...&Prospero, Joseph.(2005).The Climate-Environment-Society Nexus in the Sahara from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day.JOURNAL OF NORTH AFRICAN STUDIES,10(3-4),253-292.
MLA	Brooks, Nick,et al."The Climate-Environment-Society Nexus in the Sahara from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day".JOURNAL OF NORTH AFRICAN STUDIES 10.3-4(2005):253-292.