Aims: The purpose of this study is to investigate the key energy and environmental issues that Sri Lanka is to address under sustainable development agenda of the United Nations. Study Design: This study reviewed relevant recent studies and reports published by government and non...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEE/2017/36556
Climate change is one of the greatest global challenges of our time. Impact of climate change can be felt in many areas including agriculture. Agriculture is primary occupation of a human being. Among all the human activities, agriculture being the mostly weather dependent is phy...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/37591
As Earth continues to experience increased global warming, biological species on Earth are pushed to constantly modify and adapt to the changing Earth’s climate in order to survive. This environmental pressure might push some of the more fragile species toward the brink of extinc...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEE/2017/37610
This study estimates the additional investment that would be required by the Ghanaian government for adaptation to climate change in the health sector. The focus is on this sector because it is possibly the most important sector that has a direct impact on the Ghanaian population...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2017/37452
Increasingly, countries are gathering to address concerns surrounding climate change. The 2015 United Nations Conference of Parties, COP21, saw the emergence of a landmark agreement for collective global action. The tagline arising from this agreement was "Long live the planet. L...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2017/33843
Estimation of simple reference ETo model is being received considerable attention over the globally accepted FAO56 Penman-Monteith model, because the data generated from the fitted sensors of weather stations are questionable. To solves this problem in research field of water m...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/36093
Fruits play a good role in nutritional security as well as generate high income to the growers. Pre-harvest factors have a great effect on postharvest quality of fruits. The combination of these factors includes genetic, environmental, cultural practices and physiological compone...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2017/32909
The Expert Team on Sector-specific Climate Indices (ET-SCI) for daily temperature and precipitation were analyzed for Mt Makulu (Latitude: 15.550° S, Longitude: 28.250° E, Elevation: 1200 meter) in Zambia. The study objective was to evaluate the ET-SCI climate indices for extreme...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2017/34815
The impact of climate change on agricultural production is a serious source of worry to farmers in rural communities in Nigeria. This is because their economy mainly depend on agriculture which is seriously affected by global climate change. The objectives of this study were to i...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/30439
Climatic change may occur due to high greenhouse gas emissions arising from dependence on solid fuel which triggers frequent environmental disasters such as extreme heat, droughts, floods, cyclones in many developing countries. Agriculture is sensitive to climate change in develo...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEE/2017/35485
This study was carried to examine the determinants of rural farmers’ adaptation to climate change, and their perception with respect to farmers’ socio-economic profile. The study conducted in Abia state utilized 120 farmers selected from 4 communities and 2 Local Government Area’...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/33035
Oluowo Elohor Freeman, Olomukoro John Ovie & Isibor Patrick Omoregie·Advances in Research·2017
Climate change affect the physiochemical characteristics of water bodies directly through temperature increase with resultant effect in reducing heavy metals concentrations in surface water temporarily, and indirectly changing the physical and chemical processes related to temper...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/34754
Climate change is one of the alarming global environmental changes likely to have deleterious effects on natural, social, cultural and human systems. The risks associated with it call for a broad spectrum of policy responses and strategies at local, regional, national and global...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/34568
The article aims to describe the attitudes that secondary school students have about climate change. The study was developed with a group of each one in a high school of Tlalpan Delegation, in Mexico City. The scale was shaped by a series of statements containing actions related...
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Research Article10.9734/JESBS/2017/33527
The Central England Temperature (CET) record is the world's longest instrument-based temperature record and covers the years 1659-present. The temperature variation of 0.8°C between the Maunder Sunspot Minimum in the late 17th Century and the beginning of the Industrial Revolutio...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2017/34589