Marine plastic debris represents a relatively new and increasingly abundant substrate for colonization by microbial organisms, although the total functional potential of these organisms is yet to be uncovered. The exponential ...

Studying the vertical distribution of aerosol particles is essential for understanding their influence on the climate system. One way to evaluate this aspect of aerosols is to discriminate their source and optical properties ...

Akinyele Local Government Area, Oyo State of Nigeria is a popular place for flooding, which has negative consequences on farmers. Thus, there is need to reduce the vulnerability of the farmers to flood impacts. Vulnerability ...

This study investigates the impact of climate change projections on water availability for rainfed agriculture in Awun basin, Kwara State, Nigeria using high resolution (25 km spatial resolution) RegCM4 simulations. The ...

The Cabo Verde archipelago is located in the Eastern Tropical North Atlantic between oligotrophic open ocean waters and the productive coastal upwelling of the Canary Current System. The Cape Verde region features were ...

Changes in the distribution of precipitation frequency and intensity can affect dry and wet spells, which will have an impact on climate-sensitive sectors, most notably agriculture. This study set out to analyze the ...

The global challenge today is that of climate change which is mainly attributed to the excess emission of greenhouse gases, especially carbon dioxide produced from the burning of fossil fuels. The sources of carbon dioxide ...

This study proposes to predict rainfall on a Sub-seasonal to seasonal (S2S) time scale over six (6) locations (Dori, Ouahigouya, Ouagadougou, Fada N’Gourma, Bobo-Dioulasso and Gaoua) in Burkina Faso, using a specific ...

Global Sea Level Rise (SLR), especially caused by global warming, highly threatens the coastal countries by causing coastal erosions, biodiversity loss, coastal flooding, etc. The study of shoreline dynamics is a key aspect ...