An aggregated climate teleconnection index linked to historical Egyptian famines of the last thousand years

• Published in: The Holocene
• Main Authors: Santoro, Michael M, Hassan, Fekri A, Wahab, MM Abdel, Cerveny, Randall S, Balling, Robert C
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2015
• Subjects: Paleontology; Earth-Surface Processes; Ecology; Archeology; Global and Planetary Change; Pacific; Soi; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959683614567880; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0959683614567880; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/0959683614567880

Variations in the Nile River water level have been historically associated with social development of the Egyptian civilization, particularly through times of famine. In addition, the Nile River water levels have been strongly linked to variations in climate teleconnections, specifically El Niño/Sou...