Browsing Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences by Subject "climate change"
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Climate change vulnerability index for South African aquifers
(South African Water Research Commission, 2012)South Africa is viewed as a water-stressed country with an average annual rainfall of 500 mm and any climatic change could have adverse impacts on water resources of the country. The potential impacts of climate change on ... -
Factors explaining farm households access to climate change information in Ilorin west local government area of Kwara State, Nigeria
(Business Perspectives Publishing Company, 2015)Climate change is a problem which many farmers had observed over the past few years. In this study, the authors analyzed perception on climate change and the factors influencing access to climate change information. The ... -
Factors explaining smallholder cattle farmers access to climate change information in semi–arid region of South Africa
(Business Perspectives Publishing Company, 2015)Climate change is a major bottleneck to agricultural development in semi-arid zone of South Africa. Therefore, this study analyzes smallholder cattle farmers’ access to climate change information in Ngaka Modiri Molema ... -
Projections of rapidly rising surface temperatures over Africa under low mitigation
(IOP Publishing, 2015)An analysis of observed trends in African annual-average near-surface temperatures over the last five decades reveals drastic increases, particularly over parts of the subtropics and central tropical Africa. Over these ... -
Regional projections of extreme apparent temperature days in Africa and the related potential risk to human health
(MDPI, 2015)Regional climate modelling was used to produce high resolution climate projections for Africa, under a “business as usual scenario”, that were translated into potential health impacts utilizing a heat index that relates ... -
Towards sustainable land management in the drylands: scientific connections in monitoring and assessing dryland degradation, climate change and biodiversity
(Wiley, 2011)The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification and its sister conventions, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Convention on Biological Diversity, all aim to halt or mitigate the ... -
Transportable aerosol characterization trailer with trace gas chemistry: design, instruments and verification
(AAQR, 2013)The characterization of atmospheric aerosol properties and trace gas concentrations in various environments provides a basis for scientific research on the assessment of their roles in the climate system, as well as regional ...