Global Change and the Earth System: A Planet Under PressureWilliam L. Steffen, Peter Tyson |
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... climate change Northern Hemisphere Average Surface Temperature -1.0 1000 1200 reconstruction ( AD 1000-1980 ) -raw data ( AD 1902-1998 ) 1400 1600 Year 1800 1998 2000 calibration period ( AD 1902-1980 ) mean reconstruction ( 40 year ...
... climate change Northern Hemisphere Average Surface Temperature -1.0 1000 1200 reconstruction ( AD 1000-1980 ) -raw data ( AD 1902-1998 ) 1400 1600 Year 1800 1998 2000 calibration period ( AD 1902-1980 ) mean reconstruction ( 40 year ...
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... climate , but also directly affects how vegetation grows . It also changes the carbonate chemistry in the ocean , which in turn affects marine organisms . Fossil fuel combustion also produces oxidizing gases such as nitric oxide and ...
... climate , but also directly affects how vegetation grows . It also changes the carbonate chemistry in the ocean , which in turn affects marine organisms . Fossil fuel combustion also produces oxidizing gases such as nitric oxide and ...
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... climate can be predicted and the extent of man's influence on climate through a quantitative understanding of the physical climate system . DIVERSITAS : to unify the various approaches to the study of biodiver- sity , from the role of ...
... climate can be predicted and the extent of man's influence on climate through a quantitative understanding of the physical climate system . DIVERSITAS : to unify the various approaches to the study of biodiver- sity , from the role of ...
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An Integrated Earth System | 4 |
The Anthropocene | 11 |
Living with Global Change | 19 |
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