The book is intended to address the possible causes and cures for heat pockets on earth. Heat wave is a period of unusually high temperatures as compared to what is normally expected over a region. Researchers in 2023 reported that about 2 billion people experienced heating condition which was attributed to human made climate change.
In recent times, temperature has been above historical average in many parts of the world as a result of climate change and the temperatures differs from place to place. This becomes seriously concerning about the causes of this heat which can last for several days with great impact on the society including a rise in heat related deaths across the globe. While discussing the possible causes and types, the book also intends to look for cures of heat waves. A chapter is also dedicated to what an individual, living anywhere on this planet can do to reduce the effects of heat pockets in the region. The idea is every drop counts. If every individual decides to play their roles, possibly we don’t have to wait for the governments to act.
This book is aimed at all students studying Environmental Sciences, Agricultural Sciences, Geography and Climatology.
Table of Contents:
Section 1: Section 1: Causes and consequences of global heat waves
1. Global heat waves: Overviews
Dr Sesan Abiodun Aransiola Ph.D.,1,2 Prof. Hakan Acaroğlu, Ph.D.,3 and Prof. Naga Raju Maddela, Ph.D.,
1Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, University of Abuja, PMB. 117, Abuja, Nigeria
2Bioresources Development Centre, National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) Ogbomoso, Nigeria.
3Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, 26480 Eskisehir, Turkey
4Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Técnica de Manabí, Portoviejo, Ecuador
Scope: This chapter will discuss general overviews of heat waves and climate science. More like an introduction to the book
2. Causes of excessive climate warming
Aziz Ahmed
Faculty of Marine Sciences, Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences, Uthal, Balochistan, Pakistan
Scope: Details of various causes of heat waves will be mentioned in this chapter
3. Politics and policies of climate change in managing global heat waves
Mr. Jaime Humberto flores Garcia (Ph.D.,)
Departamento de ciencias de la Enfermería, Universidad técnica de Manabí, Portoviejo -130105, Ecuador.
Scope: How are different countries and their policies making the situation worse for the earth. The chapter will talk about what can be done as regards these policies causing drawback.
4. Present and Future Risk, Consequences and Responses of Heat Waves
Dr. Azher Al-taie, Ph.D.,
College of Agriculture, Wasit University, Al Kūt, Iraq
OSOTUYI Abayomi Gaius
School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Scope: How they are formed and how can we reduce the intensity of heat waves being faced in agriculture, health, energy demand and urban planning. Some steps to be highlighted about current and future consequences of heat waves if urgent measure are not considered
5. Case studies of heat waves in several regions
Higo Forlan Amaral
Departamento de Agronomia, Centro Universitário Filadélfia (UniFil), 86020-000, Londrina, Paraná, Brasil.
Scope: Many regions of the world are affected by heat waves and lots of damages has been done already. This chapter will critically discuss the case studies in this subject and review how ice is melting and big chunks of snow reducing what can be done to prevent.
Section 2: Climate Variability on Global Health and the Environment
6. Microbial solution climate change management
Auwalu Hassan., Ph.D.,
Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Center for Research in Waste Management, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Scope: Hypothesis that if carbon dioxide and methane is reduced using various microorganisms, we can control heat waves. May be even plants and their microbiome can be screened. This chapter is very important in discussing how microorganisms could proffer solution to global heat waves
7. Benefits and drawbacks of heatwaves to human and the ecosystem
Labake Ogunkanmi, Ph.D.,
Department of Soil Science, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana.
Scope: This title will discuss about what and how these heat waves, destroy humans and their ecosystem and if there are any advantages especially in power generation
8. Thermal ecological interactions with micro-organism: benefits and consequences.
This chapter will review the microorganism as affected by heat waves in the environment. It will discuss the interaction between microorganism and heat waves as a benefiting factor or as a disadvantage
9. Heat waves and global food safety: benefits and risks
Dr. José M. Pais-Chanfrau, Ph.D.,
Universidad Técnica del Norte (UTN) Ibarra, Imbabura, Ecuador
Scope: it is important also to look into the effect of heat waves on agriculture and how produce is getting affected causing for crisis. Is it good or bad? what can be done?
10. Impacts of heat waves on human and animal
Ms. Oluwadara Pelumi Omotayo (Ph.D.,)
School of Biological Sciences, North West University South Africa, Mahikeng, South Africa
Scope: Discuss about the effect of heat on humans and animals. Damages has been done to living organisms who could not withstand heat. Many pregnant women across the world have been affected as a result of extreme heat. This chapter will critically review these issues
11. Advances in climate change research in managing heat waves
Elijah O. Openiyi (Ph.D)
Department of Chemistry, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL 61455 USA.
Scope: We must research and look into methods on how can we reduce heat waves. What can be done to save humanity. This chapter will review the new innovations in science and technology to manage heat waves
Section 3: Mitigation strategies and future guidelines in managing heat waves
12. Remote sensing applications in climate change monitoring and predictions
Dr Mohammed Oludare Idrees1, Ph.D., and Adejoke Blessing Aransiola1 (Ph.D)
Department of Surveying and Geoinformatics, Faculty of Environmental Science, University of Abuja, P.M.B. 117, Abuja, Nigeria
Scope: How can remote sensing help in climate change climate change studies and how can we make better predictions in taking critical decision before, during and after heat waves. All these will be handled by authors in this chapter.
13. Woman and heat waves managements.
Adejoke Blessing Aransiola1 (Ph.D)
Department of Surveying and Geoinformatics, Faculty of Environmental Science, University of Abuja, P.M.B. 117, Abuja, Nigeria
Scope: Statistics showed that more women especially, pregnant women are critically affected by heat waves thereby increasing mortality or still birth. How can women manage this extreme period most especially during pregnancy will be discussed in this chapter
14. Emerging technology in managing heat waves
Dr. Seyed Mehdi Jazayeri, Ph.D.,
Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia
Scope: Talk about what are the emerging technologies that can be used to study and further act on.
15. Role of artificial intelligence (AI) in mitigation climate change
Dr. Rathna Silviya Lodi, Ph.D.,
International Genome Center, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province, China.
Scope: Like in all other fields can Artificial Intelligence and even statistics play some role in mitigating or predicting heat waves? This will be discussed extensive. AI future in climate change and heat wave management.
16. Individual Strategies in Mitigating Heat Waves
Dr. Senthil Kannan. K, Ph.D.,
Department of R&D, Edayathangudy G S Pillay Arts and Science College, Nagapattinam 611002, TN, India.
Scope: This chapter must discuss how each individual can contribute to reducing heat waves. Discuss the duties of an individual.
17. Future research in managing heat waves for sustainable environment
Ms. Mounia Arab, (Ph.D.,) 1 and Ms. Hafida Baoune, (Ph.D.,)
1L'affiliation: Laboratory of Applied Microbiology in Food, Biomedical and Environment, Department of Biology, Faculty of Nature Sciences and Life, University of Tlemcen, Tlemcen 13000, Algeria.
2Université Kasdi Merbah Ouargla, Algeria
Scope: It is important to discuss the future guidelines in managing heat wave and the environment. What is the new predicted prediction of the future to make environment sustainable? Authors will elaborate more in this chapter.
About the Author :
Adejoke Blessing Aransiola received her B.Tech (2010-2015) and M.Tech (2018-2023) with specialty in Remote Sensing for Mineral Prospecting from the Department of Surveying and Geoinformatics, School of Environmental Technology, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria. She is currently a PhD student in the same institution, specializing in heat waves and climatic change monitoring using remote sensing techniques. She is a Registered Surveyor of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Suhasini Bhatnagar holds a Ph.D. in Medical Genetics from Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India. She began her career teaching Biotechnology at various colleges across India before establishing her own company, which operates on a project basis focusing on sustainable development goals, particularly water and food. She holds several patents in her area of expertise and is an active researcher in heavy metals and recycling. Her work centers on projects that improve quality of life through scientific approaches, with particular attention to environmental challenges. Her research interests include addressing problems related to sustainability and environmental protection.
Sesan Abiodun Aransiola holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Microbiology from the Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria. He obtained his B.Tech (2009) and M.Tech (2014) from the same department. His research expertise includes the production of vermicast from vermicomposting of organic wastes to assist plants in the remediation of polluted soil with heavy metals. He is currently a Lecturer at the Department of Microbiology, University of Abuja, Nigeria. His research interests focus on environmental microbiology, including phytoremediation, vermicomposting, biosorption, and bioremediation of contaminated soil environments.
Naga Raju Maddela received his M.Sc. (1996-1998) and Ph.D. (2012) in Microbiology from Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapuramu, India. During his doctoral program in Environmental Microbiology, he investigated the effects of industrial effluents and insecticides on soil microorganisms and their biological activities. He has been teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students in Microbiology since 1998. He worked as Prometeo Investigator at Universidad Estatal Amazónica, Ecuador (2013-2015), and received a Postdoctoral Fellowship (2016-2018) from Sun Yat-sen University, China.
