Decadal-scale droughts disrupted the African Humid Period in the Sahara - Nature

Nature, Published online: 25 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10336-7Sedimentary time-series data of Lake Yoa in Chad covering the past 10.25 thousand years (kyr) show that the mid-Holocene African Humid Period experienced several decadal-scale droughts, caused by sudden inputs of freshwater into the North Atlantic.