Aim: Gottschalk demonstrated the bump coincident with World War II is a robust feature showing up in eight independent NOAA temperature databases. Without contradicting Gottschalk's conclusion, I consider the broader activities of WW2, especially the manner of altering Earth's de...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/44290
The study explores the introduction of ICT into the classroom by conducting a randomised controlled experiment (RCT) among secondary schools in urban Myanmar. Using a lecture on climate change awareness, 942 students in five schools in Yangon and Mandalay participated in the expe...
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Research Article10.9734/AJESS/2018/44138
The detailed analysis of Species Abundance Distributions (“S.A.D.s”) can shed light on how member-species organize themselves within communities, provided that the complete distribution of species abundances is made available first. In this perspective, the numerical extrapolatio...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEE/2018/43918
The cutaneous leishmaniasis infection status caused by Leishmania aethiopica and the vector sand flies distribution in relation to risk factors were investigated in the sites of Bungoma and Trans-Nzoia counties of Mt. Elgon region. These sites are allopatric. The sand flies Colle...
Climate change, a global challenge facing mankind necessitates governments to develop mitigation and adaptation plans. The climate change has multidimensional impacts on environment, fishery, social, economic and development drivers. Climate change hot spots –can be defined as t...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2018/v8i327164
Agriculture mostly depends on weather and climate for optimum productivity. Climate change has become a global threat to agriculture and humanity. To cope with these changes, farmers employ adaptation strategies. This paper evaluates the Extension Service Delivery for Climate Cha...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2018/39681
This paper aims at estimating the trend of climate change and examining its effect on agriculture in Egypt. The study focused on the changes in air temperature and rainfall. The monthly time series data was obtained from the World Bank Group Climate Change Knowledge Portal on tem...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2018/v1i413090
The present study was carried out to examine the factors that influence the adoption of coping mechanisms by the farmers to mitigate the adverse impacts of the climate change. The study employed ex-post facto research design with quantitative data. The study was conducted in Chit...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2018/39896
Agriculture is an important sector of Bangladesh economy because it has a positive role in food security, employment and livelihoods. Around 84 percent of rural people rely on agriculture sector directly or indirectly for their livelihood. However, in last 17 years, the shares of...
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Research Article10.9734/sajsse/2018/v1i425810
This paper analyzes the spatial dependence of annual trends in the diurnal temperature range (DTR) of Puerto Rico (PR) from 1950–2014. The DTR is a useful indicator of climate change and average temperature changes. Observation records indicate that the DTR has decreased in the l...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2018/42859
Climate simulations in West Africa have been a challenge for climate models due to the complexity and the diversity of processes to be represented. No coherent trend for either decreasing or increasing precipitation emerges from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 3 (...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/43060
Recent advances in Climate theory and read-write algorithms are based entirely on the assumption that hash tables and courseware are not in conflict with active networks. Given the current status of climate change algorithms, analysts dubiously desire the evaluation of operating...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2018/42607
Mohd Hafiz Ibrahim, Rosimah Nulit, Puteri Edorayati Megat Wahab, Tuan Sharipah Najihah, Afifah Razak & Nurul Amalina Mohd Zain·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2018
Aims: This study was conducted to characterize the growth patterns of tenera oil palm seedlings performance (Deli AVROS) under elevated CO2, that is expected to increase in the future due to climate change. Study Design: The palms were exposed to three carbon enrichment treatment...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/42001
Aims: An experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of a wide range of temperatures on the growth and physiology of Theobroma cacao, to study the differences between night and day temperatures and to determine the optimum temperature for the cocoa growth. Study Design: Th...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/40413
In the face of recent devastating flash floods in 2016 and 2017 in the north-east wetlands of Bangladesh, locally known as haor, where 70% of the crops were damaged as an effect of climate change; the study was undertaken to identify the farming practices well adapted to this var...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2018/41781