Climate Change and Environment: Concepts and Strategies to Mitigate Impacts

Contents: 1. Land use change and atmospheric nitrogen loading in Ganga river basin: a watershed scale study to uncover cross-domain carbon linkages. 2. Black carbon emission from biomass burning and its role in climate change. 3. Carbon footprint contribution in irrigated farming due to the present usage scenario of pumps in sugarcane and grape cultivation regions. 4. Assessment of climate change impact on crop production and its linkage to food security. 5. Trend detection in temperature and precipitation using the Mann Kendall test – a case study to assess climate change in the Ramganga river basin of the lesser Himalayas 6. Nitrogen use efficiency of Triticum Aestivum (l.) Under condition of elevated carbon dioxide and temperature. 7. Species interactions in variable environments: competition, facilitation, and functional niches 8.climatic variability and changing trends of plant diversity at landscapes of central Aravalli region of Rajasthan. 9. Climatic variability and stresses: coping strategies of women. 10. Impact of climate change on rainfall, runoff and soil erosion in Indian arid zone and its mitigation strategies. 11. Is urbanization causing climate change and loss of biodiversity? 12. India’s climate policy and international conventions on climate change. The book comprises of topics on concepts of climate science and strategies to mitigate the impacts. The book therefore, covers topics of wider areas such as urbanization, coping strategies, water resources, watershed, land use patterns, atmospheric deposition, agriculture, carbon footprint etc. The book provides comprehension on which the researchers in the field may on which they can build up understanding on issues to be addressed. The articles are designed to interpret experiments, observations from the field and theory to understand the subject of climate change and its impacts. …