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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Page vii
... Variability of the Earth System 2.2.1 The Long - Term Envelope of Natural Self - Regulation 2.2.2 Millennial - Scale Oscillations and Abrupt Changes 2.2.3 Climate Variability in Interglacial Periods 2.2.4 Temporal Variability in the ...
... Variability of the Earth System 2.2.1 The Long - Term Envelope of Natural Self - Regulation 2.2.2 Millennial - Scale Oscillations and Abrupt Changes 2.2.3 Climate Variability in Interglacial Periods 2.2.4 Temporal Variability in the ...
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... Variability 3.4.3 Global Change : References 123 123 129 Magnitudes , Rates and Significance of Human Changes 131 135 4 Reverberations of Change : The Responses of the Earth System to Human Activities 143 4.1 Reverberations of Change ...
... Variability 3.4.3 Global Change : References 123 123 129 Magnitudes , Rates and Significance of Human Changes 131 135 4 Reverberations of Change : The Responses of the Earth System to Human Activities 143 4.1 Reverberations of Change ...
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... variability, a global perspective has begun to emerge in recent years and to form the framework for a growing body of research within the environmental sci- ences. Crucial to the emergence of this perspective has been the dawning ...
... variability, a global perspective has begun to emerge in recent years and to form the framework for a growing body of research within the environmental sci- ences. Crucial to the emergence of this perspective has been the dawning ...
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... variability , as represented by a proxy for local temperature ( 818O ) and the record of changes in the global carbon cycle , as represented by the atmospheric concentration of the trace gases carbon dioxide ( CO2 ) and methane ( CH4 ) ...
... variability , as represented by a proxy for local temperature ( 818O ) and the record of changes in the global carbon cycle , as represented by the atmospheric concentration of the trace gases carbon dioxide ( CO2 ) and methane ( CH4 ) ...
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... variability provided by the Vostok ice core data and the projections of future values in Fig . 1.1 . Coupled with other lines of evidence , such as the isotopic composition of the carbon in at- mospheric CO2 and the latitudinal ...
... variability provided by the Vostok ice core data and the projections of future values in Fig . 1.1 . Coupled with other lines of evidence , such as the isotopic composition of the carbon in at- mospheric CO2 and the latitudinal ...
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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