Overview
- Results based on 10 years of global change research by many of the world’s most eminent scholars
- Achieves a new level of integration and interdisciplinarity in treating global change
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Global Change - The IGBP Series (GLOBALCHANGE)
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About this book
The interactions between environmental change and human societies have a long, complex history spanning many millennia, but these have changed fundamentally in the last century. Human activities are now so pervasive and profound that they are altering the Earth in ways which threaten the very life support system upon which humans depend. This book describes what is known about the Earth System and the impact of changes caused by humans. It considers the consequences of these changes with respect to the stability of the Earth System and the well-being of humankind; as well as exploring future paths towards Earth System science in support of global sustainability.
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"Outstanding Title! … This book is a must read for anyone interested in issues related to human-induced environmental change. Following an extensive introduction to the Earth's systems before human influence, contributors detail key drivers of change, the Earth's systems responses to change, consequences of changes for human well-being, and sustainability issues. This work began as a synthesis of a decade of research undertaken by the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, but grew to include many other key world environmental programs. A beautifully illustrated book, it is bound to become a classic for global change. Written by an all-star cast, it includes contributions from many key scientists in this arena. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels. (D. F. Karnosky, Choice, November 2004)
"Presents the results of research by the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) on Global systems and change of those systems. … Addresses the problem of discerning human impact from natural variability and presents research on how global systems have responded to human impacts. … A deeply complex issue, does well in explaining layers and relations. Ambitious and much needed. Very technical, well researched. Over 200 useful figures and illustrations … . Recommended for advanced students and professionals involved in systems modeling." (The Northeastern Naturalist, 2007)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Global Change and the Earth System
Book Subtitle: A Planet Under Pressure
Authors: Will Steffen, Angelina Sanderson, Peter Tyson, Jill Jäger, Pamela Matson, Berrien Moore, Frank Oldfield, Katherine Richardson, H. John Schellnhuber, B. L. Turner, … Robert J. Wasson
Series Title: Global Change - The IGBP Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b137870
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-26594-8Due: 01 September 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-30813-4Due: 04 February 2004
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-26607-5Published: 29 December 2005
Series ISSN: 1619-2435
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 336
Topics: Climate Change, Biogeosciences, Atmospheric Sciences, Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution, Ecotoxicology