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Global challenges and global collaborations -- lessons learned from global change
... , and former Executive Director of the International Human Dimension Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP). "It's important to find the common questions and a conceptual framework for ...Polar research reveals new evidence of global environmental change
... continue to assist the scientific community in its quest to understand and predict polar change and its global manifestations at this critical time." The increased threats posed by climate change ...Scientists aim to bring indigenous people into climate change monitoring and policy
... develop policy. In a special issue on traditional peoples and climate change in the May volume of "Global Environmental Change" published by Elsevier, guest editors Dr. Jan Salick, Senior Curator at ...Ancient volcanic eruptions caused global mass extinction
... unknown giant volcanic eruption that led to global mass extinction 260million years ago ... see with current climate change) the causal link between global environmental changes and volcanic eruptions ...New study finds that sharing genetic resources key to adaptation to climate change in Africa
... in one country gaining access to climatically suitable varieties now being cultivated in other African nations, and beyond, according to a peer-reviewed study published in Global Environmental Change.Scientists may have solved an ecological riddle
... responses of many ecosystems – particularly boreal and temperate forests – to global environmental change. "However, there have been significant discrepancies between real-world observations and the ...Scientists may have solved an ecological riddle
... say that nitrogen fixation has long been recognised as an important process in controlling responses of many ecosystems - particularly boreal and temperate forests - to global environmental change.Barcelona Declaration 2008: Challenges and Pathways to Earth Sustainability
... to take immediate steps towards weaning the global economy off carbon emitting energies. ... solutions. An effective response to adapt to global environmental change must begin now. We are already ...Natural and social sciences: ICSU embraces the need to work more closely together
... years, ICSU has actively involved the social sciences, particularly through its global environmental change programmes. The Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP) successfully integrates natural and ...Study critiques corn-for-ethanol's carbon footprint
... than corn-ethanol production," said biologist Robert Jackson, the Nicholas Professor of Global Environmental Change at Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment, who led the study. Making ethanol ...Keeping Rivers Running in the Twenty-First Century
Growing concern over global environmental change, water resources, and river restoration and management are focusing unprecedented attention on the human dimensions of the problem. Recognition of ...University of Oklahoma presents meteorological recommendations to the Republic of Croatia
... develop a roadmap to better services for the citizens of Croatia during a time of global environmental change to strengthen public safety and support growth of the Croatian economy. "Establishing a ...Scientists asked to create Earth systems research plan
The International Council for Science is asking scientists to define the research agenda in global environmental change.Higher carbon dioxide may give pines competitive edge
... at Duke, where he is a biology professor, as well as professor of global environmental change at the university's Nicholas School of the Environment. The ultimate competitive outcome will depend on ...Scientists outline planetary boundaries: A safe operating space for humanity
... help humanity deal with climate change and other global environmental threats that lie ahead in the 21st ... reached a scale where abrupt global environmental change can no longer be excluded. To continue ...
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