Global Change and the Earth System: A Planet Under PressureWilliam L. Steffen, Peter Tyson |
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... drivers of human transformation. Figure • • • more nitrogen is now fixed synthetically and applied as fertilizers in agriculture than is fixed naturally in ... DRIVER Land Atmosphere. 12 The Anthropocene Era IGBP SCIENCE No.4 Drivers of ...
... drivers of human transformation. Figure • • • more nitrogen is now fixed synthetically and applied as fertilizers in agriculture than is fixed naturally in ... DRIVER Land Atmosphere. 12 The Anthropocene Era IGBP SCIENCE No.4 Drivers of ...
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... drivers of human transformation of Earth . Proximate drivers are the immediate human activities that drive a particular environmental change ; underlying drivers are related to the fundamental needs and desires of individuals and groups ...
... drivers of human transformation of Earth . Proximate drivers are the immediate human activities that drive a particular environmental change ; underlying drivers are related to the fundamental needs and desires of individuals and groups ...
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... drivers of environmental change at the global scale for the next several decades at least . Human - driven changes are not easy to identify and attribute in a cause - effect paradigm ; they are superimposed on , and usually interact ...
... drivers of environmental change at the global scale for the next several decades at least . Human - driven changes are not easy to identify and attribute in a cause - effect paradigm ; they are superimposed on , and usually interact ...
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An Integrated Earth System | 4 |
The Anthropocene | 11 |
Living with Global Change | 19 |
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