Projected trends in some climate variables over the ecological zones in Nigeria [49]
| Ecological zones . | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate variable . | Mangrove . | Rainforest . | Guinea and Sudan Savanna . | Sahel savanna . |
| Temperature | Increasing | Increasing | Increasing | Increasing |
| Rainfall amount | Increasing | Increasing | Decreasing | Decreasing |
| Rainfall variability | Increasing | Increasing | Increasing | Increasing |
| Drought | Likely to intensify | Likely to intensify | Increasing | Increasing |
| Storms and floods | Increasing | Increasing | Likely to intensify | Likely to intensify |
| Sea level rise | Increasing | No available record | ||
| Ecological zones . | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate variable . | Mangrove . | Rainforest . | Guinea and Sudan Savanna . | Sahel savanna . |
| Temperature | Increasing | Increasing | Increasing | Increasing |
| Rainfall amount | Increasing | Increasing | Decreasing | Decreasing |
| Rainfall variability | Increasing | Increasing | Increasing | Increasing |
| Drought | Likely to intensify | Likely to intensify | Increasing | Increasing |
| Storms and floods | Increasing | Increasing | Likely to intensify | Likely to intensify |
| Sea level rise | Increasing | No available record | ||
Projected trends in some climate variables over the ecological zones in Nigeria [49]
| Ecological zones . | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate variable . | Mangrove . | Rainforest . | Guinea and Sudan Savanna . | Sahel savanna . |
| Temperature | Increasing | Increasing | Increasing | Increasing |
| Rainfall amount | Increasing | Increasing | Decreasing | Decreasing |
| Rainfall variability | Increasing | Increasing | Increasing | Increasing |
| Drought | Likely to intensify | Likely to intensify | Increasing | Increasing |
| Storms and floods | Increasing | Increasing | Likely to intensify | Likely to intensify |
| Sea level rise | Increasing | No available record | ||
| Ecological zones . | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate variable . | Mangrove . | Rainforest . | Guinea and Sudan Savanna . | Sahel savanna . |
| Temperature | Increasing | Increasing | Increasing | Increasing |
| Rainfall amount | Increasing | Increasing | Decreasing | Decreasing |
| Rainfall variability | Increasing | Increasing | Increasing | Increasing |
| Drought | Likely to intensify | Likely to intensify | Increasing | Increasing |
| Storms and floods | Increasing | Increasing | Likely to intensify | Likely to intensify |
| Sea level rise | Increasing | No available record | ||
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