CHALLENGES OF A CHANGING EARTH by Will Steffen (Editor), Professor Jill Jager (Editor), David J. Carson (Editor) ( 9783642624070 )

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Title:

CHALLENGES OF A CHANGING EARTH
PROCEEDINGS OF THE GLOBAL CHANGE OPEN SCIENCE CONFERENCE, AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, 10-13 JULY 2001

By:

Will Steffen (Editor), Professor Jill Jager (Editor), David J. Carson (Editor)

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

3642624073

ISBN 13:

9783642624070

Publisher:

SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN AND HEIDELBERG GMBH & CO. KG

Pub. date:

13 October, 2012

Edition:

Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002

Series:

Global Change - The IGBP Series

Pages:

216

Synopsis:

This volume is based on plenary presentations from Challenges of a Changing Earth, a Global Change Open Science Conference held in Amsterdam, The Neth- lands, in July 2001. The meeting brought together about 1400 scientists from 105 co- tries around the world to describe, discuss and debate the latest scientific - derstanding of natural and human-driven changes to our planet. It examined the effects of these changes on our societies and our lives, and explored what the future might hold. The presentations drew upon global change science from an exceptionally wide range of disciplines and approaches. Issues of societal importance - the food system, air quality, the carbon cycle, and water resources - were highlighted from both policy and science perspectives. Many of the talks presented the exciting scientific advances of the past decade of international research on global change. Several challenged the scientific community in the future. What are the visionary and creative new approaches needed for studying a complex planetary system in which human activities are in- mately interwoven with natural processes? This volume aims to capture the timeliness and excitement of the science p- sented in Amsterdam. The plenary speakers were given a daunting task: to reproduce their presentations in a way that delivers their scientific messages accurately and in sufficient detail but at the same time reaches a very broad audience well beyond their own disciplines. Furthermore, they were required to do this in just a few pages.

Illustrations:

7 Tables, black and white; XVI, 216 p.

Publication:

Germany

Imprint:

Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K

Returns:

Returnable

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