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Shem O. Wandiga
Researcher at University of Nairobi
Publications - 143
Citations - 2538
Shem O. Wandiga is an academic researcher from University of Nairobi. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Climate change. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 141 publications receiving 2289 citations. Previous affiliations of Shem O. Wandiga include National Academy of Sciences.
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Termites: a potentially large source of atmospheric methane, carbon dioxide, and molecular hydrogen.
TL;DR: Termites may emit large quantities of methane, carbon dioxide, and molecular hydrogen into the atmosphere, and the largest emissions should occur in tropical areas disturbed by human activities.
Mitigation of Environmental Problems in Lake Victoria, East Africa
TL;DR: The root causes for overfishing and pollution in Lake Victoria are examined and possible policy options that can help remediate or mitigate the environmental degradation are given.
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Mitigation of Environmental Problems in Lake Victoria, East Africa: Causal Chain and Policy Options Analyses
TL;DR: This article examined the root causes of overfishing and pollution in Lake Victoria and gave possible policy options that can help remediate or mitigate the environmental degradation, and proposed a policy to mitigate the degradation.
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Analysis of heavy metals in water and surface sediment in five Rift Valley lakes in Kenya for assessment of recent increase in anthropogenic activities.
TL;DR: The data indicate that some of the sites analysed, especially in Lake Nakuru, had relatively higher concentration levels of heavy metals Cd, Co, Cu, Pb, Ni, and Zn in the water which points to anthropogenic addition.
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Biofuel consumption rates and patterns in Kenya
Evans Kituyi,L. Marufu,Beate Huber,Shem O. Wandiga,Isaac O Jumba,Meinrat O. Andreae,Günter Helas +6 more
TL;DR: A questionnaire survey was conducted in rural and urban Kenya to establish biofuel consumption rates and patterns as mentioned in this paper, which targeted households, commercial catering enterprises and public institutions such as schools and colleges.