Volume 1, Issue 1, January - March 2015

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During an earthquake the dynamic behavior of inelastic structures is a complicated non-stationary process that is affected by the random characteristics of seismic ground motions. The earthquake records are the time-domain signals in all cases the earthquake waves change in a relatively short period of time. The link between cosmic rays, low cloud amounts and earthquakes as a measure of climate began to occur and becomes a considerable and effervescent research field in last-years. However, we have studied in our previous works on many faces of these links in many cases the most distinguished information is hidden in the frequency spectrum, which provides the energy, associated with a given frequency The conventional Fourier analysis describes the feature of a dynamic process by decomposing the signal into infinitely long sine and cosine series, which loses all time-located information. We focused our study in this time on links between earthquakes and low cloud amounts. The Morlet wavelet transform capability to give a full time–frequency representation of the earthquake record is demonstrated. In this method, the analysis of the original and reconstructed earthquakes time series of the earthquake record, demonstrates the ability of the wavelet transform technique to detect a complex variability of these signals in the time–frequency domain.

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Analysis

Morlet Predictive Analysis of Earthquakes Modulations

Neïla Zarrouk, Raouf Bennaceur

During an earthquake the dynamic behavior of inelastic structures is a complicated non-stationary process that is affected by the random characteristics of seismic ground motions. The earthquake records are the time-domain signals in all cases the earthquake waves change in a relatively short period of time. The link between cosmic rays, low cloud amounts and earthquakes as a measure of climate began to occur and becomes a considerable and effervescent research field in last-years.

Climate Change, 2015, 1(1), 1-10

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Print Media Journalists’ Coverage of Agriculture related Climate Change News in Nigeria: Implications for achieving Vision 20:2020

Ayogu CJ, Agwu AE, Enwelu IA

The study investigated print media journalists’ coverage of agriculture related climate change news in Nigeria: Implications for achieving Vision 20:2020. The Vision 20:2020 conceptualizes a transformation in agriculture that would ensure food security, the right to sustainable development and adaptation to the climate change challenge. The study was carried out in Nigeria and the population comprises all the national dailies institutions. Four national daily newspapers were purposively selected for the content analysis and questionnaire schedule was administered to 150 randomly selected journalists’.

Climate Change, 2015, 1(1), 11-19

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Review

The role of Agroforestry system as strategy to adapt and mitigate climate change: A review with examples from Tropical and Temperate regions

Kasahun Kitila Hunde

Agroforestry isan integrated approach to sustainable land use that is aimed to maximize production and productivity of the land. Its environmental benefit is now days highly recognized especially in adapting and mitigating the current global challenge, climate change through biological carbon (C) sequestration. This approach is highly beneficial in efficient utilization of resources such as nutrients, light, and water capture that will result in greater net C sequestration. C-sequestration potential of agroforestry systems are derived by combining information from both above and below ground carbon stock.

Climate Change, 2015, 1(1), 20-25

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Research

Impact of climate change on butterfly diversity in Seshachalam bio reserve forest of Southern Andhra Pradesh

Suryanarayana K, Harinath P, Venkata Ramana SP

Climate change is universal phenomenon and it influences the seasonality, abundance of the flying jewels “Butterflies”. They are known to be highly sensitive to climate change. Seshachalam bio reserve forest is on the richest biodiversity hot spot in India lies between 130 38" and 130 55"N latitude and 790 07" and 790 24" E longitudes and spread over two districts Chittoor and Kadapa of Southern Andhra Pradesh. Civilisation of this area leads to enormous increasing of pollution; it effects human population as well as animal population.

Climate Change, 2015, 1(1), 26-39

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Analysis

Role of Sundarbans in Protecting Climate Vulnerable Coastal People of Bangladesh

Roy TK, Hossain ST

Bangladesh is one of the top 10 nations mostly vulnerable to climate change, where Sundarbans is the world largest mangrove forest. The Sundarbans was declared as a Reserve Forest in 1875 and at present it is occupying an area of around 6,017 sq. km. About 32,400 hectares of the Sundarbans have been declared as three wildlife sanctuaries and came under the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.

Climate Change, 2015, 1(1), 40-44

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Climate Impacts

In vitro Studies on Effect of Chromium on Lantana camara

Ashwini A Waoo, Swati Khare, Sujata Ganguly

Environmental pollution is an extremely important issue today, affecting all of us in one way or the other. Due to rapid increase in human population and industrialization, the demand for natural raw materials and source of energy are increasing day by day in developing as well as underdeveloped countries, the industrial effluents are released directly or indirectly into natural water resources, mostly without proper treatment, thus posing a serious threat to the environment.

Climate Change, 2015, 1(1), 45-48

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Climate Change and Its Impact on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: A review

Pabitra Aryal

Climate change has become increasingly recognized as one of the greatest challenges to humankind and all other life on Earth. The world is becoming hotter day by day, since the earth’s temperature has risen up to 0.74°C and is about to increase from 1.8° C to 4° C by 2100. Though being small country Nepal experiences a wide range of climate varying from the sub-tropical to the alpine type.

Climate Change, 2015, 1(1), 49-53

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