Observed controls on resilience of groundwater to climate variability in sub-Saharan Africa.


Journal

Nature
ISSN: 1476-4687
Titre abrégé: Nature
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0410462

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
08 2019
Historique:
received: 28 01 2019
accepted: 06 06 2019
entrez: 9 8 2019
pubmed: 9 8 2019
medline: 22 1 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Groundwater in sub-Saharan Africa supports livelihoods and poverty alleviation

Identifiants

pubmed: 31391559
doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1441-7
pii: 10.1038/s41586-019-1441-7
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

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Pagination

230-234

Commentaires et corrections

Type : CommentIn
Type : ErratumIn

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Auteurs

Mark O Cuthbert (MO)

Department of Geography, University College London, London, UK. cuthbertm2@cardiff.ac.uk.
School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK. cuthbertm2@cardiff.ac.uk.
Connected Waters Initiative Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. cuthbertm2@cardiff.ac.uk.
Water Research Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK. cuthbertm2@cardiff.ac.uk.

Richard G Taylor (RG)

Department of Geography, University College London, London, UK.

Guillaume Favreau (G)

Université Grenoble Alpes, IRD, CNRS, Grenoble INP, IGE, Grenoble, France.
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Niamey, Niger.

Martin C Todd (MC)

Department of Geography, University of Sussex, Falmer, UK.

Mohammad Shamsudduha (M)

Department of Geography, University College London, London, UK.
Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction, University College London, London, UK.

Karen G Villholth (KG)

International Water Management Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.

Alan M MacDonald (AM)

British Geological Survey, Lyell Centre, Edinburgh, UK.

Bridget R Scanlon (BR)

Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.

D O Valerie Kotchoni (DOV)

Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Institut Nationale de l'Eau, Chaire Internationale de Physique Mathématique et Applications, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Cotonou, Benin.

Jean-Michel Vouillamoz (JM)

Université Grenoble Alpes, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement, Grenoble, France.

Fabrice M A Lawson (FMA)

Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Institut Nationale de l'Eau, Chaire Internationale de Physique Mathématique et Applications, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Cotonou, Benin.

Philippe Armand Adjomayi (PA)

Direction Générale de l'Eau, Cotonou, Benin.

Japhet Kashaigili (J)

Department of Forest Resources Assessment and Management, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania.

David Seddon (D)

Department of Geography, University College London, London, UK.

James P R Sorensen (JPR)

British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford, UK.

Girma Yimer Ebrahim (GY)

International Water Management Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.

Michael Owor (M)

Department of Geology and Petroleum Studies, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.

Philip M Nyenje (PM)

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.

Yahaya Nazoumou (Y)

Department of Geology, Université Abdou Moumouni, Niamey, Niger.

Ibrahim Goni (I)

Department of Geology, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria.

Boukari Issoufou Ousmane (BI)

Department of Geology, Université Abdou Moumouni, Niamey, Niger.

Tenant Sibanda (T)

Cemex, Rugby, UK.

Matthew J Ascott (MJ)

British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford, UK.

David M J Macdonald (DMJ)

British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford, UK.

William Agyekum (W)

Water Research Institute, Accra, Ghana.

Youssouf Koussoubé (Y)

Département des Sciences de la Terre, Université Ouaga I Pr Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

Heike Wanke (H)

Department of Geology, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia.
Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.

Hyungjun Kim (H)

Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

Yoshihide Wada (Y)

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria.

Min-Hui Lo (MH)

Department of Atmospheric Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan.

Taikan Oki (T)

Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

Neno Kukuric (N)

International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre, Delft, The Netherlands.

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