Author: R. WassonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aquatic ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Modelling the Transport and Transformation of Terrestrial Materials to Freshwater and Coastal Ecosystems
Author: R. WassonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aquatic ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Global Environmental Change
Author: Committee on Global Change ResearchPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 030951780X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
How can we understand and rise to the environmental challenges of global change? One clear answer is to understand the science of global change, not solely in terms of the processes that control changes in climate and the composition of the atmosphere, but in how ecosystems and human society interact with these changes. In the last two decades of the twentieth century, a number of such research efforts--supported by computer and satellite technology--have been launched. Yet many opportunities for integration remain unexploited, and many fundamental questions remain about the earth's capacity to support a growing human population. This volume encourages a renewed commitment to understanding global change and sets a direction for research in the decade ahead. Through case studies the book explores what can be learned from the lessons of the past 20 years and what are the outstanding scientific questions. Highlights include: Research imperatives and strategies for investigators in the areas of atmospheric chemistry, climate, ecosystem studies, and human dimensions of global change. The context of climate change, including lessons to be gleaned from paleoclimatology. Human responses to--and forcing of--projected global change. This book offers a comprehensive overview of global change research to date and provides a framework for answering urgent questions.
Asian Change in the Context of Global Climate Change
Author: James GallowayPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521638883
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Nearly two-thirds of the world's population live in Asia, and many countries in that region are currently undergoing very rapid industrial, agricultural and economic development. The Framework Convention on Climate Change constrains developed countries with regard to their future emissions of greenhouse gases, but recognizes the special needs of developing countries. There is growing appreciation of the ways in which developing countries in the Asian region both contribute to global changes (by altering biogeochemical pathways and cycles) and are themselves affected by those changes. This volume uses the intellectual efforts and findings of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) community to provide the first integrated analysis of the interactions between global change and Asian change, giving particular attention to China's role. The book will be of interest to readers in a wide range of academic disciplines (natural sciences and socio-economic) and for those involved in national and international policy development relevant to global change.
The Miombo Network
Author: Paul V. DesankerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biotic communities
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Food-Energy-Water Systems: Achieving Climate Resilience and Sustainable Development in the 21st Century
Author: Charles VörösmartyPublisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2832543189
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
extreme weather will mean ongoing challenges to the capacity of these sectors to support human well-being, grow the economy, and provide critical environmental services. Society has yet to evaluate the resilience of FEWS to climate, environmental, and management stresses as it shapes strategies to support sustainable development over the next decades. These issues constitute a quintessential interdisciplinary research challenge and require a well-structured science agenda and supportive information services for implementing key findings that governments and stakeholders can adopt. Integrated policy pathways require usable research findings, applications, models, real-time information systems, and decision support systems. In addition, stakeholder engagement is essential to communicate the benefits and results of these approaches and to engage appropriate groups in their implementation.
IGBP Report
Author: The Miombo Network
Author: Index of Conference Proceedings
Author: British Library. Document Supply CentrePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conference proceedings
Languages : en
Pages : 938
Book Description
Global Change
Author: Aquatic Ecosystems: Interactivity of Dissolved Organic Matter
Author: Stuart FindlayPublisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0122563719
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Overviews of the source, supply and variability of DOM, surveys of the processes that mediate inputs to microbial food webs, and syntheses consolidating research findings provide a comprehensive review of what is known of DOM in freshwater. This book will be important to anyone interested in understanding the fundamental factors associated with DOM that control aquatic ecosystems."--BOOK JACKET.