Global environmental change : research pathways for the next decade / Committee on Global Change Res...
Global environmental change : research pathways for the next decade / Committee on Global Change Res...
Global environmental change : research pathways for the next decade / Committee on Global Change Research, Board on Sustainable Development, Policy Division, National Research Council.
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Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c1999.
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N363.73874/25
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English
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Physical content
xvii, 595 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Introduction and Background -- 2. Changes to the Biology and Biochemistry of Ecosystems -- 3. Changes in the Climate System on Seasonal to Interannual Timescales -- 4. Changes in the Climate System on Decade-to-Century Timescales -- 5. Changes in the Chemistry of the Atmosphere -- 6. Paleoclimate...
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Publisher
Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c1999.
Place of Publication
District of Columbia
Date Published
c1999.
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Summary
"How can we understand and rise to the challenges of global environmental change? One clear answer is to understand the science of global change, not solely in terms of the processes that control changes in climate, the composition of the atmosphere, and biogeochemistry, but also in how ecosystems and human society interact with these processes and...
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Global environmental change : research pathways for the next decade / Committee on Global Change Research, Board on Sustainable Development, Policy Division, National Research Council.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Also available online via the World Wide Web.
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c1999.
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N363.73874/25
Record Identifier
74VvAePpB3xb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvAePpB3xb
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ISBN
0309064201 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780309064200 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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363.73874072073
MMS ID
991013715879702626
