Author: Steven E. BarkanPublisher:
ISBN: 9781936126538
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Arthropod Interactions and Responses to Disturbance in a Changing World
Author: Shannon M. MurphyPublisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 288963759X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
Changing Climates, Earth Systems and Society
Author: John DodsonPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9048187168
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
The International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE) was established as a means of raising worldwide public and political awareness of the vast, though frequently under-used, potential the Earth Sciences possess for improving the quality of life of the peoples of the world and safeguarding Earth’s rich and diverse environments. The International Year project was jointly initiated in 2000 by the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) and the Earth Science Division of the United Nations Educational, Scienti?c and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). IUGS, which is a Non-Governmental Organisation, and UNESCO, an Inter-Governmental Organisation, already shared a long record of productive cooperation in the na- ral sciences and their application to societal problems, including the International Geoscience Programme (IGCP) now in its fourth decade. With its main goals of raising public awareness of, and enhancing research in the Earth sciences on a global scale in both the developed and less-developed countries of the world, two operational programmes were demanded. In 2002 and 2003, the Series Editors together with Dr. Ted Nield and Dr. Henk Schalke (all four being core members of the Management Team at that time) drew up outlines of a Science and an Outreach Programme. In 2005, following the UN proclamation of 2008 as the United Nations International Year of Planet Earth, the “Year” grew into a triennium (2007–2009).
Sociology
Author: Steven E. BarkanPublisher:
ISBN: 9781936126538
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Undergraduate Announcement
Author: University of Michigan--DearbornPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Terrestrial Ecosystems in a Changing World
Author: Josep G. CanadellPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540327304
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
This book examines the impacts of global change on terrestrial ecosystems. Emphasis is placed on impacts of atmospheric, climate and land use change, and the book discusses the future challenges and the scientific frameworks to address them. Finally, the book explores fundamental new research developments and the need for stronger integration of natural and human dimensions in addressing the challenge of global change.
Graduate Announcement
Author: University of Michigan--DearbornPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
The Changing Global Environment
Author: S.F. SingerPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401017298
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
We know a great deal about historical climate and its variations from various geo logical studies. There are two points worth remarking on. One is that the climate changes frequently and radically, but that the degree of variation and even sense of variation depends on the time scale which we are considering. Secondly, that this is a most unusual geological period for the Planet Earth; we are living in a period of mountain building and glaciations, whereas during most of the last 250 million years (m.y.) there was little ice and little topography. A good view of climate change of the last hundred m.y. can be gained by looking at the paper of Kellogg. We are now in a period of extensive glaciations. The previous interval occurred 300 to 250 m.y. ago, when even the Sahara was glaciated. (Of course, it was at that time near the position of the South Pole; we know that 300 m.y. ago the continents had not broken apart and formed one land mass.) Apparently between 250 and 20 m.y. ago there was little ice on the Earth, even at Antarctica. Continental basins were flooded by shallow seas. This was the period when plant life and marine life proliferated and when most of our fossil fuels were laid down.
Ecological Issues in a Changing World
Author: Sun-Kee HongPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402026897
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
This volume offers selected contributions to the 8th International Congress of Ecology to illuminate large-scale ecological problems and discuss how these can be managed through a variety of planning processes. From mathematical approaches to improve understanding of complex ecosystems, to monitoring activity and human impact, this book covers a truly global range of issues. The book concludes with a summary of the Congress, and a discussion of possible future directions.
Marine Ecology in a Changing World
Author: Andres Hugo AriasPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1466590084
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
With contributions from an impressive group of Argentinean and German oceanographers, this book examines classical ecological issues relating to marine ecosystems in the context of climate change. It paints a picture of marine ecology at the crossroads of global warming. The book examines the fundamentals of marine ecology: ecosystem stability, wat
Undergraduate Catalog
Author: University of Michigan--DearbornPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Universities and colleges
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description