Global environmental change : research pathways for the next decade /

"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."--Catalog d...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Global Change, National Research Council (U.S.). Policy Division. Board on Sustainable Development
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, ©1999.
Temas:
U.S. Global Change Research Program.
U.S. Global Change Research Program
Global environmental change.
Climatic changes > Research > United States.
Global warming > Research > United States.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric > Research > United States.
Changement global (Environnement)
Effet de serre (Météorologie) > Recherche > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Climatic changes > Research
Global environmental change
Global warming > Research
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric > Research
Changement global de l'environnement.
Climat > Changements > Recherche > États-Unis.
Réchauffement de la Terre > Recherche > États-Unis.
Effet de serre (météorologie) > Recherche > États-Unis.
United States
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction and background
  • Changes to the biology and biochemistry of ecosystems
  • Changes in the climate system on seasonal to interannual timescales
  • Changes in the climate system on decade-to-century timescales
  • Changes in the chemistry of the atmosphere
  • Paleoclimate overview
  • Human dimensions of global environmental change
  • Observations
  • Processing and distributing earth observations and information
  • Modeling
  • Findings and recommendations.

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