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MBAM MINKOM SEROTINE: A newly discovered bat species. Written by Taofeeq Babalola Edited by Uthman Ayoku Oyebamiji Bats are animals of the order Chiroptera. They are the only mammals capable of actual and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than other birds because their forelimbs have been developed as wings. They fly with their long spread-out digits coated with a thin membrane called Patagium. Bats, the second biggest order of mammals after rodents, account for around 20% of all identified mammal species worldwide, with over 1,400 species. Bats are traditionally classified into two suborders: fruit-eating megabats and echolocating microbats. Recently, Amanda Grunwald and her colleagues from Portland State University discovered Mbam minkom serotine ( Pseudoromicia mbamminkom ) , a new species of bat found in Cameroon's Mbam mountain. This bat was discovered during a preliminary survey for their research on bat biodiversity patterns at Mt. Mbam in central Camero...
Climate Change Climate is defined as t he average weather condition, characterized by long-term statistics (mean values, variances, and probabilities of extreme values) of typically three decades , for the meteorological elements in a given are a . Climate change is described as the change in the climate of an area as a result of anthropogenic and natural disorders such as the depletion of the ozone layer and the greenhouse effect. Changes in climatic conditions of an area affects species and ecosystem composition function directly ( changes in temperature, precipitation , water temperature, and sea level s ) and indirectly (changes in the intensity and frequency of wildfires) which has a great effect on the biodiversity of such an area. Climate change is not one-sided . Both terrestrial and marine ecosystems are vulnerable to climate changes . Species have shown mo...
CLIMATE IMPACT IN NIGERIA C limate is the long-term pattern of weather in a particular area. Weather can change hourly, daily, monthly, and yearly. A region's weather pattern usually tracked for at least 30 years is considered its climate. Source: Semantic scholar Nigeria is characterised by three distinct climate zones which are : a tropical monsoon climate in the south, a tropical s avanna climate for most of the central regions , and a sahelian hot and semi arid climate in the north of the country. This leads to a gradient of declining precipitation amounts from South to North. The tropical monsoon climate is intermediate between the tropical rainforest climate and tropical savanna climate. The tropical monsoon climate has a very small temperature range. The temperature ranges are almost constant throughout the year . F or instance, Warri , which is in the southern part of Nigeria records a maximum of 28°...
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