Global Change and the Earth System: A Planet Under PressureWilliam L. Steffen, Peter Tyson |
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... functioning . About 6000 years ago the climate in the Sahel - Sahara region was much more humid than today , with vegetation cover resembling that of a modern - day African savanna . About 5500 years ago , an abrupt change in the ...
... functioning . About 6000 years ago the climate in the Sahel - Sahara region was much more humid than today , with vegetation cover resembling that of a modern - day African savanna . About 5500 years ago , an abrupt change in the ...
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... functioning of the Earth System . The nature of global change UNTIL VERY RECENTLY IN the history of Earth , humans and their activities have been an insignificant force in the dynamics of the Earth System . Today , humankind has begun ...
... functioning of the Earth System . The nature of global change UNTIL VERY RECENTLY IN the history of Earth , humans and their activities have been an insignificant force in the dynamics of the Earth System . Today , humankind has begun ...
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... functioning of the Earth System have implications for human well - being . Basic goods and service supplied by the planetary life support system , such as sufficiency and quality of food , water resources , air quality , and an ...
... functioning of the Earth System have implications for human well - being . Basic goods and service supplied by the planetary life support system , such as sufficiency and quality of food , water resources , air quality , and an ...
Contents
An Integrated Earth System | 4 |
The Anthropocene | 11 |
Living with Global Change | 19 |
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