Rainfall consistently enhanced around the Gezira Scheme in East Africa due to irrigation

Land-use changes can modify regional climate patterns. A comparison of climate simulations and observations show that a large-scale irrigation scheme in East Africa inhibits rainfall over the irrigation scheme, while enhancing it further away.

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