Nearly every shallow coastal region on Earth is home to seagrass, a type of marine flowering plant. They grow down to depths where just 11% of surface light reaches the bottom after colonizing soft substrates like mud, sand, and cobbles. Seagrasses often choose wave-sheltered env...
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Research Article10.9734/ajgr/2024/v7i1223
Aims: Spatial dynamics of land use land cover of Minna city and environs, Niger State, Nigeria. Study Design: Survey and longitudinal research were carried out. Place and Duration of Study: Minna town, Niger State, Nigeria between 1990 and 2022. Methodology: This study investigat...
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Research Article10.9734/ajgr/2024/v7i1221
The effects of two dumpsites located at Amaenyi and State Secretariat Awka on groundwater resources was investigated using hydrochemical parameters. A total of eighteen (18) groundwater samples were collected from areas in the vicinity of the dumpsites and analysed for various hy...
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Research Article10.9734/ajgr/2024/v7i1220
Due to high density of population the per capita availability of land in India is comparatively less than the rest of the world. As a result, issues concerning the effective and efficient use of scarce land resources are becoming increasingly important in the Indian context. Imp...
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Research Article10.9734/ajgr/2024/v7i1219
Noise pollution has gotten more significant as cities have grown more densely populated. This study aimed to assess the noise pollution level in the capital cities of Awa-Ibom, Bayelsa Calabar and Rivers State, South-South, Nigeria. Noise level measurement was conducted using Noi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajgr/2024/v7i1218
Last decade has been a decade (2000-2019) of some of the major disaster occurrences. Majority of these disasters were climate based. Between 2000-2019 there were 7348 major recorded disaster events worldwide as compared to 4212 between 1980-1999 These disasters claimed 12mn lives...
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Research Article10.9734/ajgr/2024/v7i1217
The declining water levels among rivers flowing through Tharaka Nithi County have been a major concern in the region for the last 30 years. The decline has adversely affected environmental sustainability, water resources, agriculture and the ecosystem. Understanding the relations...
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Research Article10.9734/ajgr/2024/v7i1214
Pollution from toxic chemicals and hazardous waste from domestic and international sources are among the environmental challenges that Nigeria is facing. It is against this background that the country ratified the Basel Convention on the control of transboundary movements of haza...
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Research Article10.9734/ajgr/2024/v7i1216
Waste has been defined as any product or material that is not useful to the owner. Hospital waste has been categorized by (WHO) as infectious and non-infectious. Improper waste management can deface the physical environment also another prominent issues that cannot be overlooked...
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Research Article10.9734/ajgr/2024/v7i1212
The appropriate application of metropolitan land zone use policies and regulations may help in resolving metropolitan land zone use hitches such as undesirable zonal fragmentation, zonal use mix-up and zonal encroachment. This research aims at contributing to acquaintance require...
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Research Article10.9734/ajgr/2024/v7i1213
Livestock farming insurance is essential for the protection of farmers. This study examines poultry and pig farmers’ willingness and determinants to pay for livestock farming insurance in the Mifi, Koung-Khi, Bamboutos and Upper-Plateau Divisions of the West Region of Cameroon, a...
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Research Article10.9734/ajgr/2024/v7i1211
Gender and climate change research has revealed that the causes and effects of climate change differ by gender. Women are affected differently by climate change impacts, and this calls for their participation at the decision-making table in climate change discourse processes. Des...
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Research Article10.9734/ajgr/2024/v7i1210
Power derived via the wind stands out as an appealing form of renewable energy due to its minimal operational, maintenance, and production expenses, coupled with its limited environmental footprint. This investigation focuses on employing geospatial methods to establish a wind fa...
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Research Article10.9734/ajgr/2024/v7i1207
The study was designed to assess climate variability trends on rainfall and temperature data between 1990 and 2020, analyse community perception to climate variability, evaluate adaptation strategies and their effectiveness and examined the challenges of adaptation to climate var...
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Research Article10.9734/ajgr/2023/v6i4205
The contamination of leachates (a polluted liquid made up of various toxic substances) from landfills is a significant environmental concern, especially in developing countries.This contaminated fluid is formed when rainwater interacts with refuse and travels through the pore spa...
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Research Article10.9734/ajgr/2023/v6i4203