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9 juin 2020
- doi: 10.4000/books.irdeditions.12337
- isbn: 9782709924245
- eisbn: 9782709924252
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Résumé
The first part of this book sheds new light on climate variability in West Africa and more particularly in the Sahel. ‘The most severe multidecadal drought of the planet’ is always the one remembered best, and for very good reasons. This observation still h olds. However, we know that the precipitations of the past decade display a decreasing deficit although this is not the case every year. There are still drought years although they are not as dominant as in 1970-1980. A change in the regim...