Volume 2, Issue 7, July - September 2016

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The study examined the effects of rainfall and other factors on rubber yield in Nigeria for the period 1970 to 2012. The methods of analysis employed in the study were mainly error-correction model (ECM) within the context of co-integration theory. The results show that all the variables were not stationary at their levels and thus, they were difference once to attain stationary. Statistical significance of the error-correction term validates the existence of an equilibrium relationship among the variables. Rainfall was most significant, indicating that increase in rainfall will affect rubber yield as this will reduce the number of tapping days of rubber stands. Rubber prices were also found to determine rubber yield in Nigeria. The study therefore recommends that rain guard should be attached to rubber stands during the raining season to prevent the washing away of latex by rain (Ref: Mesike CS, Agbonaye OE. Effects of rainfall on rubber yield in Nigeria. Climate Change, 2016, 2(7), 141-145); (Image: http://il9.picdn.net/shutterstock/ videos).

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Opinion

Global Warming is good

Terence J Hughes

For some years now, some of my glaciological colleagues (Bob Thomas whom I brought to the University of Maine for a few years before he went to NASA), Jay Zwally (who funded my first glaciological proposal when he was at NSF, and then founded the glaciology program at NASA) and Craig Lingle (my first graduate student at the University of Maine) have urged me to march in lockstep with Albert Gore, the Drum Major in the parade denouncing global warming as an unmitigated disaster.

Climate Change, 2016, 2(7), 130-133

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Methods

Advance thermal Power Plant technology to reduced environmental pollution

Amrat Kumar Dhamneya, Shantanu Rajput, Rajput SPS, Alok Singh

The objective of this paper is to analyse performance of various power generation plant, issue of environmental degradation and effect on climate. In this paper, examine about innovative technique to improve thermal efficiency of thermal power plant. Mainly electric power generated by coal and it is around 69.06% of coal utilized from coal fired thermal power plant for power generation in India.

Climate Change, 2016, 2(7), 134-140

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Analysis

Effects of rainfall on rubber yield in Nigeria

Mesike CS, Agbonaye OE

The study examined the effects of rainfall and other factors on rubber yield in Nigeria for the period 1970 to 2012. The methods of analysis employed in the study were mainly error-correction model (ECM) within the context of co-integration theory. The results show that all the variables were not stationary at their levels and thus, they were difference once to attain stationary.

Climate Change, 2016, 2(7), 141-145

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Global Warming and Tragedy of the Commons: Comparative Evidence of Greenhouse Gas Emission (CO2) between Efficient and Inefficient Sesame Producers in Jigawa State of Nigeria

Sadiq MS, Singh IP, Umar SM, Grema IJ, Usman BI, Isah MA

Data for this research were elicited from 99 sesame farmers in Jigawa State, Nigeria via multi-stage sampling technique. Energy efficiency was studied and degrees of technical efficiency (TE), pure technical efficiency (PTE) and scale efficiency (SE) were determined using data envelopment analysis (DEA).

Climate Change, 2016, 2(7), 146-165

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Trend analysis of greenhouse gas emissions in the Veneto Region

Pierantonio Belcaro, Lorenzo Mengotti, Laura Susanetti

This study focuses on data of the greenhouse gases emissions in the Veneto Region taken from the regional inventory of atmospheric emissions (INEMAR) in the three periods 2005, 2007/08 and 2010. The analysis concerns CO2, N2O and CH4. It considers the main emissions activities of the SNAP97 nomenclature.

Climate Change, 2016, 2(7), 166-179

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Studying the effect of vertical variation of wind speed and eddy diffusivity on the advection-diffusion equation

Khaled SM Essa, Soad M Etman, Maha S El-Otaify

The three dimensional steady state advection-diffusion equations have been solved analytically to simulate the dispersion of contaminants in the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL). The solution is based on the assumption that the concentration distribution of pollutants in the crosswind direction has a Gaussian distribution.

Climate Change, 2016, 2(7), 180-191

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Comparison of GHG Emissions of Inefficient and Efficient Small Scale Maize Farmers in Niger State of Nigeria using Data Envelopment Analysis

Sadiq MS, Singh IP, Umar SM, Grema IJ, Usman BI, Isah MA, Lawal AT

This research empirically compared GHG emissions between efficient ant inefficient maize producers in Niger State, Nigeria using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Data for the study were obtained from Kuta agricultural zone in the state viz. 120 active maize farmers using multi-stage sampling technique.

Climate Change, 2016, 2(7), 192-211

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Simulation of Global Warming Effect on Irrigated Rice Phenology in the Major Rice Production Region of Iran, Rasht

Fatemeh Rabbani, Hossein Mohammadi, Siavash Mohammadi

The effects of global warming on crop production and food security are of concern and have been extensively evaluated by various simulation models. The effect of future climate on rice phenology was investigated under climate change scenarios in Rasht station in this study. Data for this research includes the meteorological, soil and crop management data.

Climate Change, 2016, 2(7), 212-222

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The effect of climatic changes on land use and land cover in spatial development in Port Harcourt: Nigeria

Augusta Ayotamuno, Akuro Ephraim Gobo

The city of Port Harcourt has experienced a lot of changes on Land Uses and Land Cover which has had an impact on the spatial pattern of the city. This study hopes to identify how the varying climatic changes and elements have affected the spatial pattern of Port Harcourt and to ensure that there is sustainable development.

Climate Change, 2016, 2(7), 223-234

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