Pastoralism may have delayed the end of the green Sahara

Climate deterioration towards desertification in North Africa following the African Humid Period has previously been associated with the emergence of pastoralism. Here, using a climate-vegetation model, the authors show that pastoralism in fact likely slowed the deterioration of orbitally-driven cli...

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Autores principales: Chris Brierley, Katie Manning, Mark Maslin
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:290b2a524a5843d4935347681b66a0f42021-12-02T16:49:20ZPastoralism may have delayed the end of the green Sahara10.1038/s41467-018-06321-y2041-1723https://doaj.org/article/290b2a524a5843d4935347681b66a0f42018-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06321-yhttps://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723Climate deterioration towards desertification in North Africa following the African Humid Period has previously been associated with the emergence of pastoralism. Here, using a climate-vegetation model, the authors show that pastoralism in fact likely slowed the deterioration of orbitally-driven climate change.Chris BrierleyKatie ManningMark MaslinNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2018)
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Pastoralism may have delayed the end of the green Sahara
description Climate deterioration towards desertification in North Africa following the African Humid Period has previously been associated with the emergence of pastoralism. Here, using a climate-vegetation model, the authors show that pastoralism in fact likely slowed the deterioration of orbitally-driven climate change.
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title Pastoralism may have delayed the end of the green Sahara
title_short Pastoralism may have delayed the end of the green Sahara
title_full Pastoralism may have delayed the end of the green Sahara
title_fullStr Pastoralism may have delayed the end of the green Sahara
title_full_unstemmed Pastoralism may have delayed the end of the green Sahara
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