Global Change and the Earth System: A Planet Under Pressure : Executive Summary |
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... environment has taken place at the local , or at most the regional , scale . The environment at the scale of the Earth as a whole - the passing of the seasons , the vagaries of weather and climate , the ebbing and flowing of river ...
... environment has taken place at the local , or at most the regional , scale . The environment at the scale of the Earth as a whole - the passing of the seasons , the vagaries of weather and climate , the ebbing and flowing of river ...
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... environment relationship The interactions between environmental change and human societies have a long and complex history , span- ning many millennia . They vary greatly through time and from place to place . Despite these spatial and ...
... environment relationship The interactions between environmental change and human societies have a long and complex history , span- ning many millennia . They vary greatly through time and from place to place . Despite these spatial and ...
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... environment conducive to human health , are all being affected by global change . At another level , global change poses potentially serious consequences for the stability of the Earth System itself . Cata- strophic failures , such as ...
... environment conducive to human health , are all being affected by global change . At another level , global change poses potentially serious consequences for the stability of the Earth System itself . Cata- strophic failures , such as ...
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Planetary Machinery | 9 |
Reverberations of Change | 19 |
Towards Earth System Science and Global Sustainability | 32 |
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