Heat Waves in a Changing Climate

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. She has produced numerous topographic maps from various topographic surveys, graphics designs, and interpreted survey data from ground or imageries. She served as an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Surveying and Geoinformatics at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology and is currently a Lecturer at University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria. She has presented papers at conferences and works with Geographic Information System software including ArcGIS Desktop/Pro, ENVI, Surfer, Google Earth Pro, Global Mapper, PCI Geomatica, and AutoCAD.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. He is an award-winning researcher with over 80 publications including book chapters, research articles, and review articles. He has co-edited several scientific books on topics including microbial biotechnology for bioenergy, ecological interplays in microbial enzymology, microbial biofilms, marine greens, emerging contaminants in food, and phytoremediation in food safety. He previously worked as an Assistant Chief Scientific Officer at Bioresources Development Centre, National Biotechnology Research and Development Agency, Nigeria, where he was involved in using vinasse as bio-fertilizer to reclaim polluted soil for agricultural purposes. He is a member of the Nigerian Society for Microbiology and American Society for Microbiology.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. He also received external funding from China Postdoctoral Science Foundation in 2017 and internal funding from Universidad Técnica de Manabí in 2020. He has participated in national and international conferences, presenting research data in China, Cuba, Ecuador, India, and Singapore. He is currently a Full Professor at the Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Técnica de Manabí, Portoviejo, Ecuador. He has been actively publishing scientific articles, books, and book chapters since 2007. He has published 100 articles, 25 books, and 40 book chapters.

• 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, EcuadorScope: 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, MalaysiaScope: 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 AfricaScope: 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, NigeriaScope: 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, NigeriaScope: 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, ColombiaScope: 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, AlgeriaScope: 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.