Paleoclimate, Global Change and the Future
Title | Paleoclimate, Global Change and the Future PDF eBook |
Author | Keith D. Alverson |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 2013-04-17 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 3642558283 |
This book provides a synthesis of the past decade of research into global changes that occurred in the earth system in the past. Focus is achieved by concentrating on those changes in the Earth's past environment that best inform our evaluation of current and future global changes and their consequences for human populations. The book stands as a ten year milestone in the operation of the Past Global Changes (PAGES) Project of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP). It seeks to provide a quantitative understanding of the Earth’s environment in the geologically recent past and to define the envelope of natural environmental variability against which anthropogenic impacts on the Earth System may be assessed. A set of color overhead transparencies based on the figures in the book is available free on the PAGES website (www.pages-igbp.org) for use in teaching and lecturing.
Terrestrial Biosphere-Atmosphere Fluxes
Title | Terrestrial Biosphere-Atmosphere Fluxes PDF eBook |
Author | Russell Monson |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 511 |
Release | 2014-03-06 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1107729580 |
Fluxes of trace gases, water and energy - the 'breathing of the biosphere' - are controlled by a large number of interacting physical, chemical, biological and ecological processes. In this interdisciplinary book, the authors provide the tools to understand and quantitatively analyse fluxes of energy, organic compounds such as terpenes, and trace gases including carbon dioxide, water vapour and methane. It first introduces the fundamental principles affecting the supply and demand for trace gas exchange at the leaf and soil scales: thermodynamics, diffusion, turbulence and physiology. It then builds on these principles to model the exchange of water, carbon dioxide, terpenes and stable isotopes at the ecosystem scale. Detailed mathematical derivations of commonly used relations in biosphere-atmosphere interactions are provided for reference in appendices. An accessible introduction for graduate students and a key resource for researchers in related fields, such as atmospheric science, hydrology, meteorology, climate science, biogeochemistry and ecosystem ecology.
Climate Change and Terrestrial Ecosystem Modeling
Title | Climate Change and Terrestrial Ecosystem Modeling PDF eBook |
Author | Gordon Bonan |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 459 |
Release | 2019-02-21 |
Genre | Mathematics |
ISBN | 1107043786 |
Provides an essential introduction to modeling terrestrial ecosystems in Earth system models for graduate students and researchers.
The Terrestrial Biosphere and Global Change
Title | The Terrestrial Biosphere and Global Change PDF eBook |
Author | Brian Walker |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 462 |
Release | 1999-03-25 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9780521624800 |
Summarises understanding of global change interactions with terrestrial ecosystems.
Terrestrial Ecosystems in a Changing World
Title | Terrestrial Ecosystems in a Changing World PDF eBook |
Author | Josep G. Canadell |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 344 |
Release | 2007-01-10 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 3540327304 |
This book examines the impacts of global change on terrestrial ecosystems. Emphasis is placed on impacts of atmospheric, climate and land use change, and the book discusses the future challenges and the scientific frameworks to address them. Finally, the book explores fundamental new research developments and the need for stronger integration of natural and human dimensions in addressing the challenge of global change.
The Terrestrial Biosphere
Title | The Terrestrial Biosphere PDF eBook |
Author | Steve Trudgill |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 2014-09-25 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1317884698 |
Terrestrial Biosphere tries to pose the questions which underlie the many-sided debate of how to respond to and influence change: How should we view nature? What do we do for the best - how should we act - what are we trying to achieve and what should we be guided by?In doing so the book introduces and attempts to analyse not only scientific aspects of the debate but also cultural attitudes and values: the notions of ecosystem stability are now challenged and it is also clear that ecosystems are renewable but not repeatable. It finds that prescriptive 'solutions' based on current constructs may not be adequate. Feeling that analysis should lead to advocacy, the author believes that if we can't improve predictability, we have to increase adaptability which means that ecological and social capacity building should be advocated. This is seen in terms of concepts, institutions, attitudes and values which allow for a plurality of meanings and which can cope with surprise and unforeseen change - and which also facilitates responses to change.
The Terrestrial Biosphere and Global Change
Title | The Terrestrial Biosphere and Global Change PDF eBook |
Author | B. Walker |
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Pages | 0 |
Release | 1997 |
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