Implications of land use change in tropical northern Africa under global warming

Brücher, T.; Claussen, M.; Raddatz, T.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-6-769-2015

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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-6-769-2015

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Climate, land use, and conflict in Africa

https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-6-769-2015

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Articles | Volume 6, issue 2

Research article

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10 Dec 2015

Research article |

| 10 Dec 2015

Implications of land use change in tropical northern Africa under global warming

T. Brücher, M. Claussen, and T. Raddatz

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RC C483: 'RC -- Referee Comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 07 Aug 2015
- AC C544: 'reply to anonymous referee #1', Tim Brücher, 10 Sep 2015
RC C703: 'review', Anonymous Referee #2, 14 Oct 2015
RC C721: 'Review/commentary of "Implications of land use change in tropical Northern Africa under global warming", by Brücher et al.', Alessandra Giannini, 22 Oct 2015
AC C771: 'point by point answers to our manuscript: 'Implications of land use change in tropical Northern Africa under global warming'', Tim Brücher, 09 Nov 2015

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Short summary

A major link between climate and humans in northern Africa, and the Sahel in particular, is land use. We assess possible feedbacks between the type of land use and harvest intensity and climate by analysing a series of idealized GCM experiments using the MPI-ESM. Our study suggests marginal feedback between land use changes and climate changes triggered by strong greenhouse gas emissions.