CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS EFFECTS
ISBN: 978-1-83926-765-9
Year: 2022
Binding: HB
Price: US $ 290.00
About Book
Climate Change is the defining issue of our time and we are at a defining moment. From shifting weather patterns that threaten food production, to rising sea levels that increase the risk of catastrophic flooding, the impacts of climate change are global in scope and unprecedented in scale. As a sub-field of atmospheric science, climate change refers to the changes which happen to the weather patterns of an area over a period of time. It happens due to the change in solar radiation, volcanic activities, biotic processes and plate tectonics, etc. As a branch of study within atmospheric sciences, it also takes into account the variables and averages of short-team and long-team weather conditions. This book discusses topics related to climatic shifts and patterns in relation to global warming. It addresses the concept of climate change adaptation, health effects, scientific agendas, dryland soils, carbon sequestration, satellite observations, architectural development, adaptation strategies, food security and monitoring. In this book, constant effort has been made to make the understanding of the different concept of climate change as easy and informative as possible for the readers. It is a compilation of chapters that discuss the most vital concept of this field. The topics introduced in this book are bound to provide great insights about the basic and complex areas of this subject. Different approaches, evaluations and methodologies have been included in. Those with an interest in climate change would find this book helpful.
Preface............................................................................................................v
Chapter 1 Climate Change and Monitoring of Temperate Lakes......................1
Abstract...................................................................................................1
1. Introduction............................................................................................1
2. Lakes as ecological indicators............................................................3
3. Forming of lakes and their ecosystems............................................4
4. Monitoring of lake ecology.................................................................5
5. Monitoring of lakes using satellites..................................................8
6. Conclusion............................................................................................11
Acknowledgements.............................................................................11
Conflict of interest..............................................................................11
Chapter 2 Climate Change and Food Security.....................................................17
1. Introduction..........................................................................................17
2. Global climate change........................................................................18
3. Impact of climate change..................................................................18
4. How climate change will affect livelihoods..................................20
5. Climate change mitigation and adaptation measures.................23
6. Global food security...........................................................................24
7. Causes of global food insecurity.....................................................26
8. Integrating indigenous knowledge and science based
technologies..........................................................................................28
9. Indigenous food systems...................................................................28
10. The role of technology in food security.........................................31
11. Indigenous technology.......................................................................32
12. Modern technology.............................................................................34
13. Adopting evidence based Innovative technology for
environmental sustainability.............................................................37
14. Conclusion............................................................................................40
Chapter 3 Climate Change Impact on Tree Architectural Development and
Leaf Area ...................................................................................................45
1. Introduction..........................................................................................45
2. Material and methods ......................................................................48
3. Results ..................................................................................................55
4. Discussion ...........................................................................................62
5. Conclusion and prospects.................................................................67
Acknowledgement .............................................................................68
Chapter 4 Climate Change Assessment Due to Long-Term Soil Moisture
Change and Its Applicability Using Satellite Observations..........75
1. Introduction..........................................................................................75
2. Soil moisture retrieval algorithm ...................................................78
3. Study regions and used data ..........................................................85
4. Results and discussions ....................................................................87
5. Conclusions .......................................................................................94
Acknowledgement .............................................................................95
Chapter 5 Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration in Dryland Soils ...102
1. Introduction........................................................................................102
2. Soil as a source of carbon storage ...............................................105
3. Degradation of dryland...................................................................107
4. Soil organic carbon storage.............................................................110
5. C sequestration to combat land degradation in drylands .......113
6. Carbon sequestration potential......................................................114
7. Management options to control sequester carbons ....................115
8. Conservation agriculture ................................................................116
9. Organic input and manuring ........................................................117
10. Crop rotation ....................................................................................119
11. Grazing management ......................................................................121
12. Erosion control .................................................................................123
13. Summary.............................................................................................123
Chapter 6 Climate Change and Shifting Technoscientific Agendas..............134
1. Introduction........................................................................................134
2. Center/Periphery...............................................................................136
3. The peripheral condition ...............................................................137
4. The research agenda on the definition of hierarchical
position .............................................................................................138
5. Adding numbers to hierarchy ......................................................140
6. A new tropical scientific agenda ..................................................142
7. Concluding remarks ........................................................................146
Chapter 7 Climate Change and Health Effects ..................................................149
1. Introduction........................................................................................149
2. Health consequences of climate change .....................................151
3. Food security.....................................................................................157
4. Water borne diseases........................................................................161
5. Air quality and health ....................................................................164
6. Climate change and allergies ........................................................165
7. Non communicable disease............................................................167
8. Cancer.................................................................................................168
9. Mental health.....................................................................................169
10. Ethics...................................................................................................170
11. Conclusion..........................................................................................174
Chapter 8 Climate Change Adaptation in Developing Countries: Beyond
Rhetoric.....................................................................................................181
1. Introduction........................................................................................181
2. Definition and elaboration of terms..............................................182
3. Climate variability or climate change: the question of what to
adopt to...............................................................................................193
4. Part 3: Implementing adaptation to climate change and climate
variability............................................................................................195
5. Summary and conclusions..............................................................201
Chapter 9 Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa:
Foundations for the Future..................................................................206
1. Introduction........................................................................................206
2. Rainfed agricultural development in Africa: A complex
challenge.............................................................................................207
3. Meeting the research challenge: a two-pronged approach .....212
4. Supporting evidence-based climate adaptation strategies:
The foundation stones of success ................................................215
5. Conclusions .......................................................................................235
Acknowledgement ...........................................................................236
Chapter 10 Climate Change and Grape Wine Quality: A GIS Approach to
Analysing New Zealand Wine Regions .........................................241
1. Introduction........................................................................................241
2. Climate influences on wine vintage-to-vintage variability .......244
3. New Zealand wine industry .........................................................246
4. The methodology for modelling wine quality using regional
vintage ratings ..................................................................................249
5. Results: New Zealand wine regional vintage quality and climate
change ................................................................................................250
6. Conclusion ........................................................................................256
Acknowledgement ...........................................................................258
Citation......................................................................................................261
Index...........................................................................................................263
