List of works - David Thomas

The effect of environmental change on human migration

article by Richard Black et al published December 2011 in Global Environmental Change

Remobilization of southern African desert dune systems by twenty-first century global warming

scientific article

Equity and justice in climate change adaptation amongst natural-resource-dependent societies

scholarly article by David S G Thomas & Chasca Twyman published July 2005 in Global Environmental Change

Effective livelihood adaptation to climate change disturbance: Scale dimensions of practice in Mozambique

scholarly article by Henny Osbahr et al published November 2008 in Geoforum

Late Quaternary environmental change in central southern Africa: new data, synthesis, issues and prospects

scholarly article

Climate change adaptation: Linking indigenous knowledge with western science for effective adaptation

scholarly article by Cuthbert Casey Makondo & David S G Thomas published October 2018 in Environmental Science and Policy

Mega-Lake in the Kalahari: A Late Pleistocene record of the Palaeolake Makgadikgadi system

article

Migration, immobility and displacement outcomes following extreme events

Punctuated aridity in southern Africa during the last glacial cycle: The chronology of linear dune construction in the northeastern Kalahari

article

Knowing, farming and climate change adaptation in North-Central Namibia

scholarly article by Andrew J. Newsham & David S G Thomas published May 2011 in Global Environmental Change

Late Pleistocene wetting and drying in the NW Kalahari: an integrated study from the Tsodilo Hills, Botswana

scholarly article by David S G Thomas et al published January 2003 in Quaternary International

Dunefield activity response to climate variability in the southwest Kalahari

article

Late Quaternary hydrological dynamics in the Middle Kalahari: Forcing and feedbacks

article

Science and the desertification debate

Interpreting geoproxies of late Quaternary climate change in African drylands: Implications for understanding environmental change and early human behaviour

scholarly article by David S G Thomas & Sallie L. Burrough published March 2012 in Quaternary International

Late Quaternary highstands at Lake Chilwa, Malawi: Frequency, timing and possible forcing mechanisms in the last 44ka

scholarly article

Optical dating of abrupt shifts in the late Pleistocene East Asian monsoon

article

Sedimentation and diagenesis of Chinese loess: Implications for the preservation of continuous, high-resolution climate records

article

Multiphase late Quaternary aeolian sediment accumulation in western South Africa: Timing and relationship to palaeoclimatic changes inferred from the marine record

article

Multiphase Quaternary highstands at Lake Ngami, Kalahari, northern Botswana

article

Extending the aridity record of the Southwest Kalahari: current problems and future perspectives

scientific article

Challenges of calculating dunefield mobility over the 21st century

article

Pressurised pastoralism in South Gobi, Mongolia: what is the role of drought?

Tracking desertification on the Mongolian steppe through NDVI and field-survey data

A multi-proxy analysis of the Holocene humid phase from the United Arab Emirates and its implications for southeast Arabia's Neolithic populations

scholarly article

Drought dynamics on the Mongolian steppe, 1970-2006

article

The Namib Sand Sea digital database of aeolian dunes and key forcing variables

article

NGOs, elite capture and community-driven development: perspectives in rural Mozambique

article

Rates of dust deposition between 50 ka and 20 ka revealed by OSL dating at Yuanbao on the Chinese Loess Plateau

article

Geomorphological contributions to palaeolimnology on the African continent

From global politics to local land users: applying the United Nations Convention to combat desertification in Swaziland

scholarly article by Lindsay Stringer et al published June 2007 in The Geographical Journal

Examining the potential of high sampling resolution OSL dating of Chinese loess

article

Siliceous duricrusts as palaeoclimatic indicators: evidence from the Kalahari desert of Botswana

article

A Holocene–late Pleistocene aeolian record from lunette dunes of the western Free State panfield, South Africa

article

Late Quaternary palaeoenvironments of the winter-rainfall zone of southern Africa: Palynological and sedimentological evidence from the Agulhas Plain

article

Climatic and sea level controls on Late Quaternary eolian activity on the Agulhas Plain, South Africa

article

Outcomes of Social and Environmental Change in the Kalahari of Botswana: The Role of Migration

scholarly article by Deborah Sporton et al published September 1999 in Journal of Southern African Studies

Late Cainozoic drainage evolution in the Zambezi basin: Geomorphological evidence from the Kalahari rim

article

Migration and global environmental change

article

‘Where is the life in farming?’: The viability of smallholder farming on the margins of the Kalahari, Southern Africa

article

Holocene fluctuations of Lake Ngami, Middle Kalahari: chronology and responses to climatic change

article

The utility of desert sand dunes as Quaternary chronostratigraphic archives: evidence from the northeast Rub' al Khali

article

Holocene development of multiple dune generations in the northeast Rub’ al-Khali, United Arab Emirates

article

Flooding, resettlement, and change in livelihoods: evidence from rural Mozambique

scientific article published on 2 April 2013

From landform to process: Morphology and formation of lake-bed barchan dunes, Makgadikgadi, Botswana

article

Holocene fluvial valley fill sources of atmospheric mineral dust in the Skeleton Coast, Namibia

scientific article published in 2017

Luminescence-based dune chronologies in southern Africa: Analysis and interpretation of dune database records across the subcontinent

article

Allostratigraphy and Quaternary dune sediments: Not all bounding surfaces are the same

The Zambezi River: tectonism, climatic change and drainage evolution — is there really evidence for a catastrophic flood? A discussion

article

Migration, environmental change, and the ‘challenges of governance’

scholarly article by Andrew Geddes et al published 2012 in Environment and Planning C: Urban Analytics and City Science

List of works by David Thomas

The effect of environmental change on human migration

Remobilization of southern African desert dune systems by twenty-first century global warming

Equity and justice in climate change adaptation amongst natural-resource-dependent societies

Effective livelihood adaptation to climate change disturbance: Scale dimensions of practice in Mozambique

Late Quaternary environmental change in central southern Africa: new data, synthesis, issues and prospects

Climate change adaptation: Linking indigenous knowledge with western science for effective adaptation

Mega-Lake in the Kalahari: A Late Pleistocene record of the Palaeolake Makgadikgadi system

Migration, immobility and displacement outcomes following extreme events

Punctuated aridity in southern Africa during the last glacial cycle: The chronology of linear dune construction in the northeastern Kalahari

Knowing, farming and climate change adaptation in North-Central Namibia

Late Pleistocene wetting and drying in the NW Kalahari: an integrated study from the Tsodilo Hills, Botswana

Dunefield activity response to climate variability in the southwest Kalahari

Late Quaternary hydrological dynamics in the Middle Kalahari: Forcing and feedbacks

Science and the desertification debate

Interpreting geoproxies of late Quaternary climate change in African drylands: Implications for understanding environmental change and early human behaviour

Late Quaternary highstands at Lake Chilwa, Malawi: Frequency, timing and possible forcing mechanisms in the last 44ka

Optical dating of abrupt shifts in the late Pleistocene East Asian monsoon

Sedimentation and diagenesis of Chinese loess: Implications for the preservation of continuous, high-resolution climate records

Multiphase late Quaternary aeolian sediment accumulation in western South Africa: Timing and relationship to palaeoclimatic changes inferred from the marine record

Multiphase Quaternary highstands at Lake Ngami, Kalahari, northern Botswana

Extending the aridity record of the Southwest Kalahari: current problems and future perspectives

Challenges of calculating dunefield mobility over the 21st century

Pressurised pastoralism in South Gobi, Mongolia: what is the role of drought?

Tracking desertification on the Mongolian steppe through NDVI and field-survey data

A multi-proxy analysis of the Holocene humid phase from the United Arab Emirates and its implications for southeast Arabia's Neolithic populations

Drought dynamics on the Mongolian steppe, 1970-2006

The Namib Sand Sea digital database of aeolian dunes and key forcing variables

NGOs, elite capture and community-driven development: perspectives in rural Mozambique

Rates of dust deposition between 50 ka and 20 ka revealed by OSL dating at Yuanbao on the Chinese Loess Plateau

Geomorphological contributions to palaeolimnology on the African continent

From global politics to local land users: applying the United Nations Convention to combat desertification in Swaziland

Examining the potential of high sampling resolution OSL dating of Chinese loess

Siliceous duricrusts as palaeoclimatic indicators: evidence from the Kalahari desert of Botswana

A Holocene–late Pleistocene aeolian record from lunette dunes of the western Free State panfield, South Africa

Late Quaternary palaeoenvironments of the winter-rainfall zone of southern Africa: Palynological and sedimentological evidence from the Agulhas Plain

Climatic and sea level controls on Late Quaternary eolian activity on the Agulhas Plain, South Africa

Outcomes of Social and Environmental Change in the Kalahari of Botswana: The Role of Migration

Late Cainozoic drainage evolution in the Zambezi basin: Geomorphological evidence from the Kalahari rim

Migration and global environmental change

‘Where is the life in farming?’: The viability of smallholder farming on the margins of the Kalahari, Southern Africa

Holocene fluctuations of Lake Ngami, Middle Kalahari: chronology and responses to climatic change

The utility of desert sand dunes as Quaternary chronostratigraphic archives: evidence from the northeast Rub' al Khali

Holocene development of multiple dune generations in the northeast Rub’ al-Khali, United Arab Emirates

Flooding, resettlement, and change in livelihoods: evidence from rural Mozambique

From landform to process: Morphology and formation of lake-bed barchan dunes, Makgadikgadi, Botswana

Holocene fluvial valley fill sources of atmospheric mineral dust in the Skeleton Coast, Namibia

Luminescence-based dune chronologies in southern Africa: Analysis and interpretation of dune database records across the subcontinent

Allostratigraphy and Quaternary dune sediments: Not all bounding surfaces are the same

The Zambezi River: tectonism, climatic change and drainage evolution — is there really evidence for a catastrophic flood? A discussion

Migration, environmental change, and the ‘challenges of governance’