CLIMATE IMPLICATIONS OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION IN LAGOS STATE OF NIGERIA
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2013
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Faculty of Social Sciences, Kogi State University, Anyigba, Nigeria
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Air quality is paramount to healthy living on the planet health. Emission of some green house gases (GHGs) such as carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (C02) and sulphur dioxide (S02) constitute air pollution in the study area. The effects of this on the weather variables of minimum temperature, maximum temperature and rainfall of Lagos State were examined in this study. Correlation and regression analyses were cmpioyed to study the strength of relationships. The results showed a strong positive relationship of 0.85 and 0.79 between CO and minimum temperature and between CO and maximum temperature. A stronger positive relationship of 0.93and 0.88 is established between CO2 and minimum temperature and between maximum temperature respectively. The positive relationship between S02 and the above weather variables is mild while rainfall exhibited a very weak positive relationship between all the three gaseous pollution in the study area. The atmospheric concentrations of the three gases are on the increase. Between year 2008 and 2011 CO increased from 0.9ppm to 2.5ppm, CO2 witnessed an upsurge of 457.7pprn from 400.Jppm while S02 rose from 3.5ppm to 4.5ppm.Year 20 II witnessed the highest emission of CO, CO2 and S02 in Lagos State within the time frame of 2008 and 2011. Suggestions were made on how to lower the level of these gases emitted into the atmosphere and on how to attain and sustain a climate-friendly energy supply in the area.
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carbon monoxide, Co2, Healthy living, Planet health