ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN EKITI STATE‚ NIGERIA *Ogundele‚ J. A. Jegede‚ A. O. Department of Geography and Planning Science Faculty of the Social Sciences‚ University of Ado-Ekiti Ado-Ekiti‚ Ekiti State‚ Nigeria. *E-mail: joeogundele@yahoo.com‚honj23@yahoo.com ABSTRACT Climate change will impact agriculture and food production around the world due to; the effects of elevated Carbondioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere‚ higher temperature‚ altered precipitation
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PowerPoint lecture titled “Loss of biodiversity and ecosystem balance” by Professor Dale F. Webber the importance of biodiversity in our ecosystem was explained and an even more detailed observation of the major threats to the biodiversity were highlighted. Of the twenty four top causes‚ climate change‚ environmental degradation‚ conservation issues and exploitation of energy reserves were deemed the most contributing. With the exception of climate change‚ which occurs regardless of the presence
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Back in the summer of 2008 athletes from all over the world were getting together in China for the 29th edition of the Olympic Games. Just prior to the games inaugural ceremonies there were a lot of concerns about the air quality‚ the contamination‚ and the heat in Beijing. Many athletes wore face masks to prevent getting sick prior to their respective competitions. We might be asking ourselves‚ what does that have to do with climate change? As China and its neighbors economies grow‚ the need
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Climate Change and its Impact on Agriculture Climate change is an emerging issue of agricultural production and geographical location of India makes it vulnerable to climate change. For most people‚ the expression “climate change” means the alteration of the world’s climate that we humans are causing‚ through fossil fuel burning‚ clearing forests and other practices that increase the concentration of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere. However‚ scientists often use the term for any change
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Fatou Dominic Topic: Climate Change and its Impacts on Tourism This report reviews the impacts of climate change for a wide range of international holiday destinations visited by UK tourists. Tourism as an industry is increasing in both volume and economic importance. Several places‚ that only a few years ago were inaccessible‚ are now becoming very popular holiday destinations. However‚ the ecosystems of many of these resorts are particularly vulnerable to climate change. Global and regional
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Linking Biodiversity‚ Ecosystem Services‚ and People What is Biodiversity and why is it important? Biodiversity is a term describing the variety of life‚ among living organisms and ecosystems. It refers to the wide variety of ecosystems and organisms suchs as animals‚ plants‚ their habitats‚ and the ecological complexes of the diversity within species. It is crucial for the functioning of ecosystems which provides us with products and services we cannot live without. Oxygen‚ food‚ fresh water
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elsevier.com/locate/polgeo Climate change‚ human security and violent conflict Jon Barnett a‚*‚ W. Neil Adger b School of Social and Environmental Enquiry‚ University of Melbourne‚ Victoria 3010‚ Australia b Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and CSERGE‚ School of Environmental Sciences‚ University of East Anglia‚ Norwich NR4 7TJ‚ UK a Abstract Climate change is increasingly been called a ‘security’ problem‚ and there has been speculation that climate change may increase the risk of violent
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Essay on Climate Change By: Dr. Ricky Rood‚ 3:06 PM GMT on July 26‚ 2008 +2 This blog is a little different. It is more on the spirit of an essay or analysis‚ maybe‚ op-ed. It is strongly influenced by writing this blog and reading the comments. ---- The predictions of climate change provide us knowledge of the future. These predictions are not like those from a crystal ball; they are not magic. Neither are the predictions speculation nor are they opinion. The predictions are based on scientific
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Introduction Climate change concerns to a statistically momentous deviation in either the mean state of the climate or in its variability‚ remaining for an extensive period (normally decades or longer) (What is climate change‚ 2001). Climate change is term that adverts to any major and long-term change in average weather in a specified region or whole Earth. Fundamentally important variability of average weather over longer time period can be depicted as climate change. Climate change is due to natural
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Ecosystems‚ Community-Based Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in India Summary Report All India Disaster Mitigation Institute Preparedness Pocketbook Series-29 Ecosystems‚ Community-Based Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in India Gujarat Council of Science City‚ Gujarat‚ India December 21-23‚ 2010 Summary Report All India Disaster Mitigation Institute March 2011 Title: Summary Report of the Twenty Third National Course on Ecosystems
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