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Climate change

The general climatic condition of the world has been experiencing shifts which have made the temperatures to rise with about 1.5 Fahrenheit over the past century, and as if this is not enough, further temperature increase with about 0.5-8.6 F is anticipated in the next hundred years. Taking the United States, for example, it has been argued that global temperatures have caused significant changes in the weather and climate with many places experiencing rainfall that has led to flood and consequently droughts. More than ever, most of the states and nations are experiencing the most severe and frequent heat waves that did not use to be there before the human activities took holds (Livingstone, 1975).

Various facts exist to describe the possible cause of the sudden increase in temperatures in most urban centers. First, according to Fritz & Sherilyn, (1996), urbanization has been blamed as the major factor that has led to the increase in temperatures beyond the global scale which causes urban heat islands. CO2 coming from industries and other...