Global Change and the Earth System: A Planet Under PressureWilliam L. Steffen, Peter Tyson |
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... Figure 2 Atmospheric CO2 concentration from the Vostok ice core record with the recent human perturbation superimposed . The inset shows the observed contemporary increase in atmospheric CO , concentration from the Mauna Loa ( Hawaii ) ...
... Figure 2 Atmospheric CO2 concentration from the Vostok ice core record with the recent human perturbation superimposed . The inset shows the observed contemporary increase in atmospheric CO , concentration from the Mauna Loa ( Hawaii ) ...
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... Figure 5 Variability in the climate system . Ice accumulation rate history at four different time scales . Data from Antarctica ( top panel ) and Greenland ( bottom three panels ) . Adapted from Jacobson et al . ( eds . ) ( 2000 ) Earth ...
... Figure 5 Variability in the climate system . Ice accumulation rate history at four different time scales . Data from Antarctica ( top panel ) and Greenland ( bottom three panels ) . Adapted from Jacobson et al . ( eds . ) ( 2000 ) Earth ...
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... figure ) . Model simulations suggest that this small change nudged the Earth System across a threshold that triggered a series of biophysical feedbacks that led , in turn , to a drying climate ( part b ) . Vegetation changed more ...
... figure ) . Model simulations suggest that this small change nudged the Earth System across a threshold that triggered a series of biophysical feedbacks that led , in turn , to a drying climate ( part b ) . Vegetation changed more ...
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An Integrated Earth System | 4 |
The Anthropocene | 11 |
Living with Global Change | 19 |
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