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Table 2
A summary of studies on rainfall changes in Southern Africa
Author (s)
Period of analysis
Study area
Degree of change (Conclusion)
(Bathiany et al. 2018)
Until 2100
Southern Africa
The study reveals that most of the increased
temperature fluctuations in the tropics are
associated with droughts—an extra threat to
food and water supplies
Monyela (2017)
2014/2015 and 2015/2016
South Africa
Rainfall variability in southern Africa is
affected most by El Nino
Banze et al. (2017)
1979 and 2010
Southern Africa
The study concluded that the details of climate
change trends and forecasts for southern Africa
can be difficult to discern from the high level of
natural variability in temperature, rainfall and
runoff
David Nash (2017)
late nineteenth to early twentieth century Southern Africa
Fluctuations in both summer rainfall zone
(SRZ) and winter rainfall zone (WRZ) rainfall
are linked to the variability of sea-surface
temperatures in the oceans surrounding
southern Africa and are modulated by the
interplay of large-scale modes of climate
variability, including the El Niño-Southern
Oscillation (ENSO), Southern Indian Ocean
Dipole and Southern Annular Mode
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