Global Change and the Earth System: A Planet Under PressureThe interactions between environmental change and human societies have a long, complex history spanning many millennia, but these have changed fundamentally in the last century. Human activities are now so pervasive and profound that they are altering the Earth in ways which threaten the very life support system upon which humans depend. This book describes what is known about the Earth System and the impact of changes caused by humans. It considers the consequences of these changes with respect to the stability of the Earth System and the well-being of humankind; as well as exploring future paths towards Earth System science in support of global sustainability. |
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... Marine Ecology, Århus University, Denmark Schellnhuber, H. John Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, and Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany Turner, B. L. II Graduate ...
... Marine Ecology, Århus University, Denmark Schellnhuber, H. John Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, and Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany Turner, B. L. II Graduate ...
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... Marine Environments as Transformed by Human Activities 3.3.5 Biological Diversity as Transformed by Human Activities 33333 93 93 100 111 115 118 3.3.6 Alteration of Carbon , Nitrogen , Phosphorus and Sulphur Fluxes ... 119 3.4 Putting ...
... Marine Environments as Transformed by Human Activities 3.3.5 Biological Diversity as Transformed by Human Activities 33333 93 93 100 111 115 118 3.3.6 Alteration of Carbon , Nitrogen , Phosphorus and Sulphur Fluxes ... 119 3.4 Putting ...
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... marine and continental sedi- ments ( Alverson et al . 2000 , 2003 ) confirm that the se- quence of major climate changes the oscillations be- tween glacial and interglacial conditions - on the Vostok time - scale was broadly synchronous ...
... marine and continental sedi- ments ( Alverson et al . 2000 , 2003 ) confirm that the se- quence of major climate changes the oscillations be- tween glacial and interglacial conditions - on the Vostok time - scale was broadly synchronous ...
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... marine fish stocks for which information is available are fully exploited , 15–18 % are over - ex- ploited and 9-10 % have been depleted or are recov- ering from depletion ( FAO 2000 ) ; and ▫ extinction rates are increasing sharply in ...
... marine fish stocks for which information is available are fully exploited , 15–18 % are over - ex- ploited and 9-10 % have been depleted or are recov- ering from depletion ( FAO 2000 ) ; and ▫ extinction rates are increasing sharply in ...
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... marine biospheric emission of trace gases and hence to the chemistry of the atmosphere . ▫ Human societies and their activities are usually not consid- ered to be a direct part of the climate system , although their activities ...
... marine biospheric emission of trace gases and hence to the chemistry of the atmosphere . ▫ Human societies and their activities are usually not consid- ered to be a direct part of the climate system , although their activities ...
Contents
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Harvard University USA The University of Newcastle | 60 |
Claussen Martin | 75 |
How Humans are Changing the Earth System | 81 |
3 | 109 |
Magnitudes Rates and Significance of Human Changes | 131 |
4 | 142 |
Department of Geosciences Harvey Nick | 166 |
5 | 203 |
NASA Headquarters Washington DC USA Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research | 234 |
Dalhousie University Canada Scholes R | 251 |
References | 299 |
Mitra A | 305 |
Acknowledgements | 307 |
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