Global Change and the Earth System: A Planet Under PressureWilliam L. Steffen, Peter Tyson |
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... shows that : • • variability is reflected not only in temperature - variability in the hydrological cycle , which is often of much greater importance to human populations , has been quite extreme on all time - scales in the past , - no ...
... shows that : • • variability is reflected not only in temperature - variability in the hydrological cycle , which is often of much greater importance to human populations , has been quite extreme on all time - scales in the past , - no ...
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... shows that abrupt changes and surprises are a common feature of the Earth System , and that environmental extremes beyond those recorded during the period of instrumental record occur frequently . The stratospheric ozone episode ( Box 5 ) ...
... shows that abrupt changes and surprises are a common feature of the Earth System , and that environmental extremes beyond those recorded during the period of instrumental record occur frequently . The stratospheric ozone episode ( Box 5 ) ...
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... shows land - cover change in the Amazon Basin , Brazil . Tropical forest appears bright red , while pale red and brown areas represent cleared land . Source : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ) , USA . The Earth ...
... shows land - cover change in the Amazon Basin , Brazil . Tropical forest appears bright red , while pale red and brown areas represent cleared land . Source : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ) , USA . The Earth ...
Contents
An Integrated Earth System | 4 |
The Anthropocene | 11 |
Living with Global Change | 19 |
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