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Understanding El Niño And Its Influence On Extreme Weather Events
By Emmanuel Abasiubong Bassey and Margaret Harford. 2.0 INTRODUCTION El Niño[1] is a natural climate event which occurs when the surface waters of the central and eastern Pacific Ocean become unusually warm. Although this warming begins in the Pacific, its effects can spread across different parts of the world and cause significant changes in global…
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Strategies For Strengthening Climate Change Governance In Nigeria
2.0 INTRODUCTION The rate of climate change in Nigeria is increasingly alarming.[1] Rising temperatures, irregular rainfall, flooding, drought, desertification and coastal erosion are now being viewed as normal occurrences by many Nigerians. These irregular weather patterns, which are direct effects of climate change affect public infrastructure, health, economy and the life and livelihood of people…
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THE ROLE OF AFFORESTATION AND REFORESTATION IN COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE IN NIGERIA
By Emmanuel Abasiubong Bassey and Margaret Harford 2.0 INTRODUCTION Climate change is an environmental challenge that demands immediate attention and action by all persons, institutions and governments. Part of the ways to combat climate change is through planting more trees, forest conservation and controlled deforestation. Well researched studies have shown that afforestation, reforestation and deforestation…
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THE WORLD IS WARMING AT AN ALARMING RATE: WHAT CAN WE DO?
[1] Authors: Emmanuel Abasiubong Bassey and Margaret Harford. 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Research shows that global temperatures have risen rapidly due to the increased harmful industrial and environmental practices causing uncontrolled emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. From Africa to Europe to Asia and the American continents. No part of the world is spared the…
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SEA-LEVEL RISE IN THE COASTAL REGION OF NIGERIA AND THE GULF OF GUINEA: A CALL FOR ACTION
[1] Authors: Emmanuel Abasiubong Bassey and Margaret Harford. 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The well documented rapid rise in sea levels in the Gulf of Guinea poses a great threat to the coastal region of Nigeria and the wider Gulf of Guinea. Driven primarily by climate change, its impacts have resulted in an increased rate of flooding,…
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CLIMATE CHANGE: THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW!
Climate change is no longer a distant threat or a theoretical concern. It is a present environmental emergency with visible and escalating consequences across the globe. Rising temperatures, extreme weather events, sea-level rise, and biodiversity loss are clear indicators that the Earth’s natural systems are under severe stress. The urgency of the situation lies not…
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Understanding the Greenhouse Effect
The Sun is central to rising temperatures and climate change being experienced in the world today. When heat from the Sun reaches the Earth, approximately 30 percent of it is reflected back into space by clouds, atmospheric particles, reflective ground surfaces, and ocean surf. The remaining 70 percent of the heat is absorbed by the…
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Impacts of Climate Change
Although the global climate has fluctuated unevenly through the ages, the rate of change of theclimate and warming that the earth has experienced from the final decades of the 20th Century till date has been completely unprecedented compared with previous changes over the past thousands of years. According to the World Meteorological Organisation, the past…
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Causes of Climate Change
Scientific records covering millions of years show that climate has varied greatly through the Earth’s history. It has, for example, gone through ten major ice age cycles over approximately the past million years. Changes in climate can occur through both natural and human-induced causes.The Earth’s climate can be affected by natural factors that are external…
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Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
If greenhouse gas emission is allowed to continue to grow as rapidly as it is now growing, it is expected that, by 2100, the global average air emperature over the earth’s surface will warm by around 4°C above pre-industrial levels. This will most likely escalate the already dangerous impacts of climate change. However, if emissions…