More automated weather stations are needed in Africa’s Sahel region to improve understanding of how processes driving wind, rain and dust cause the erosion of Sahelian soils, suggests a new ...

The Sahel is one of the world’s most vulnerable areas to climate change. Its semiarid climate and reliance on agriculture ...

Technology and expertise from outside are needed to support traditional knowledge and help people in Africa’s arid Sahel region cope with climate change, according to researchers. A side event at COP ...

[BENIN] Average temperatures across the Sahel have risen by around one degree Celsius over the past 40 years, according to a study identifying potential climate ‘hotspots’ in the region. The report, ...

Human-caused climate change contributed to an unusually intense and lethal hot spell throughout West Africa’s Sahel region in April, according to a study by World Weather Attribution (WWA), an ...

The Sahel spans Africa to the south of the Sahara Desert. While geographic definitions vary, it generally separates the Sahara in the north of Africa and the tropical savannahs to the south.

An extreme heatwave in the Sahel region in March and April would not have been as lethal without human-caused climate change, the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group of climate researchers has ...

Technology and expertise from outside are needed to support traditional knowledge and help people in Africa's arid Sahel region cope with climate change, according to researchers.