IGBP in action: work plan 1994-1998

IGBP in action: work plan 1994-1998
Author: International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme IGBP: a study of Global Change of the International Council of Scientific Unions ICSU.
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Release: 1994
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IGBP in Action

IGBP in Action
Author: International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme. IGBP Secretariat
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Total Pages: 151
Release: 1994
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IGBP in Action

IGBP in Action
Author: International Geosphere-Biosphere Program "Global Changes."
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Total Pages: 156
Release: 1994
Genre: Biogeochemical cycles
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IGBP in Actionb

IGBP in Actionb
Author: International Geosphere-Biosphere Program "Global Changes"
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Total Pages: 151
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Sediment Records of Biomass Burning and Global Change

Sediment Records of Biomass Burning and Global Change
Author: James S. Clark
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 490
Release: 2013-06-29
Genre: Science
ISBN: 364259171X

Biomass burning profoundly affects atmospheric chemistry, the carbon cycle, and climate and may have done so for millions of years. Bringing together renowned experts from paleoecology, fire ecology, atmospheric chemistry, and organic chemistry, the volume elucidates the role of fire during global changes of the past and future. Topics covered include: the characterization of combustion products that occur in sediments, including char, soot/fly ash, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; the calibration of these constituents against atmospheric measurements from wildland and prescribed fire emissions; spatial and temporal patterns in combustion emissions at scales of individual burns to the globe.

Our Common Journey

Our Common Journey
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 380
Release: 1999-11-09
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0309067839

World human population is expected to reach upwards of 9 billion by 2050 and then level off over the next half-century. How can the transition to a stabilizing population also be a transition to sustainability? How can science and technology help to ensure that human needs are met while the planet's environment is nurtured and restored? Our Common Journey examines these momentous questions to draw strategic connections between scientific research, technological development, and societies' efforts to achieve environmentally sustainable improvements in human well being. The book argues that societies should approach sustainable development not as a destination but as an ongoing, adaptive learning process. Speaking to the next two generations, it proposes a strategy for using scientific and technical knowledge to better inform future action in the areas of fertility reduction, urban systems, agricultural production, energy and materials use, ecosystem restoration and biodiversity conservation, and suggests an approach for building a new research agenda for sustainability science. Our Common Journey documents large-scale historical currents of social and environmental change and reviews methods for "what if" analysis of possible future development pathways and their implications for sustainability. The book also identifies the greatest threats to sustainabilityâ€"in areas such as human settlements, agriculture, industry, and energyâ€"and explores the most promising opportunities for circumventing or mitigating these threats. It goes on to discuss what indicators of change, from children's birth-weights to atmosphere chemistry, will be most useful in monitoring a transition to sustainability.