Session Details

This session examines the evidence for, and implications of, environmental change across southern Africa on multi-decadal to multi-millennial timescales. Encompassing tropical, sub-tropical and temperate climate systems of the southern hemisphere, southern Africa provides an opportunity to study not only local and regional climate dynamics but also inter- and intrahemispheric linkages, considering both the African continent as a whole, as well as the influence of perturbations in other elements of the global climate system. This inter-disciplinary session seeks to make connections between researchers working in southern Africa and highlight new records, proxies and syntheses that address existing knowledge gaps in this exciting region.