| Abstract: | This brief report, drawing from a multi-year effort by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), examines recent trends in March-June, June-September, and March-September rainfall and temperature, identifying significant reductions in rainfall and increases in temperature over time in many areas of Ethiopia. Conclusions: * Spring and summer rains in parts of Ethiopia have declined by 15-20 percent since the mid-1970s. * Substantial warming across the entire country has exacerbated the dryness.* An important pattern of observed existing rainfall declines coincides with heavily populated areas of the Rift Valley in south-central Ethiopia, and is likely already adversely affecting crop yields and pasture conditions. * Rapid population growth and the expansion of farming and pastoralism under a drier, warmer climate regime could dramatically increase the number of at-risk people in Ethiopia during the next 20 years.* Many areas of Ethiopia will maintain moist climate conditions, and agricultural development in these areas could help offset rainfall declines and reduced production in other areas. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 70038066 |
| Citation Author: | Funk, Chris ; Rowland, Jim ; Eilerts, Gary ; Kebebe, Emebet ; Biru, Nigist ; White, Libby ; Galu, Gideon |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center |
| Citation Datum: | |
| Citation Day: | |
| Citation Edition: | |
| Citation Editor: | |
| Citation End Page: | |
| Citation Issue: | |
| Citation Keywords: | |
| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | |
| Citation LatN: | |
| Citation LatS: | |
| Citation LonE: | |
| Citation LonW: | |
| Citation Month: | |
| Citation No Pagination: | |
| Citation Number Of Pages: | |
| Citation Online Only Flag: | |
| Citation Phsyical Description: | 6 p. |
| Citation Projection: | |
| Citation Public Comments: | Famine Early Warning Systems Network--Informing Climate Change Adaptation Series |
| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Citation Series: | Fact Sheet |
| Citation Series Code: | FS |
| Citation Series Number: | 2012-3053 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | A climate trend analysis of Ethiopia; 2012; FS; 2012-3053; Funk, Chris ; Rowland, Jim ; Eilerts, Gary ; Kebebe, Emebet ; Biru, Nigist ; White, Libby ; Galu, Gideon |
| Citation Start Page: | |
| Citation Volume: | |
| Citation Year: | 2012 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | A climate trend analysis of Ethiopia; 2012; FS; 2012-3053; Funk, Chris ; Rowland, Jim ; Eilerts, Gary ; Kebebe, Emebet ; Biru, Nigist ; White, Libby ; Galu, Gideon |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/fs_2012_3053.gif |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2012/3053/ |
| Date Other: | Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
