61. Combining Global Environmental Changes Yields Surprising Ecosystem Response 5921 Carnegie Institution Combining global environmental changes yields surprising ecosystem response. Scientists have discovered http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2002-12/ci-cge120302.php

Public release date: 5-Dec-2002 Contact: Rebecca Shaw shaw@globalecology.stanford.edu Carnegie Institution Combining global environmental changes yields surprising ecosystem response Scientists have discovered that elevated atmospheric CO2 (carbon dioxide) can suppress plant growth when increases of this important greenhouse gas are combined with a broad suite of already-occurring environmental changes. According to Christopher Field, project leader and director of the new Department of Global Ecology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, "We are now getting a much richer picture of ecosystem responses to global environmental changes, and the traditional view that elevated CO2 always stimulates plant growth simply isn't correct." The research is published in the December 6, 2002, issue of Science. This research was conducted over a three-year period at Stanford University's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve. The small stature and short life span of the plants in this California grassland ecosystem make it a model system one that is relatively simple to study, but with results that can be used to help interpret global-change responses of all the world's land ecosystems. The Carnegie Institution of Washington ( http://www.CarnegieInstitution.org

62. Simulated Global Environmental Changes Impact Plant Diversity recently, little attention has been paid to the potential ecological effects on plant diversity from combined global environmental changes including increased http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-06/ci-sge061303.php

Public release date: 16-Jun-2003 Contact: Chris Field cfield@globalecology.stanford.edu 650-325-1521 x 213 Carnegie Institution Simulated global environmental changes impact plant diversity The Carnegie and Stanford scientists conducted their three-year study in the Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve - a typical California grassland where the 43 plant species are a mixture of grasses and wildflowers. "We simulated a series of possible future environments for California, with four global change factors: elevated CO2, warming, nitrogen pollution, and added precipitation, alone and in combinations. Different combinations with altered levels of two, three, and four of these variables are likely to reflect future conditions in different parts of the globe," said Chris Field, director of the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology and coordinator of the Jasper Ridge study. "At the end of three years, we found that treatments with three of the four experimental treatments changed total plant diversity. Elevated CO2 reduced diversity as did adding nitrogen. More water increased plant diversity and, warming alone had no effect," Zavaleta explained. The four treatment combinations that represent likely possible futures all resulted in decreased wildflower diversity; but total diversity was not affected because there was an increase in the grasses. The largest loss of wildflower diversity came with elevated CO2 plus warming and nitrogen pollution, and all four of the factors combined. "Given the importance of the wildflower species for wildlife, nutrient cycling, and natural beauty, the losses under realistic global changes are a cause for concern," said Zavaleta.

63. Sciserv.pl -- Usage Background Informationglobal environmental change for Middle School by Kathy Keeney Middle Grade Level. http://sciserver.lanl.gov/cgi-bin/sciserv.pl?collection=journals&journal=0959378

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66. Human Rights And Environment Resources International Human Dimensions Programme on global environmental change (IHDP). Author International Human Dimensions Programme on Global. http://shr.aaas.org/hrenv/resources.php?r_id=232

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68. Global Environmental Change--syllabus February 12 Reliability of data Reading TBA. February 15 Discussion/Exam Consequences of global environmental change. Responses to global environmental change. http://www.bethel.edu/~tanswe/ges301/syll99.html

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES HUMANS AS AGENTS OF TRANSFORMATIONS GES 301K, Spring 1999 Instructor :   Swee May Tang             Office:  AC  143             Office Hours:  MWF 11:00 - 12:00 noon, and by appointment             Office Phone:  (651)638-6439             E-mail:  sm-tang@bethel.edu Class Time :  Lecture: MWF 12:30 - 1:20 pm.  RC 228 Course Description: Humankind had so fundamentally altered the biosphere that for all purposes much of it had been genuinely transformed or is nearing that condition.  The purposes of this course it to understand the processes of transformation to our environment and human populations that have taken place over the past 300 years, to explore the major human forces that have driven these changes, to examine the global and regional patterns of transformation, and to explore how these transformations affect our relationship with nature and human life.  More specifically, we will examine in this course a. population changes and societal perspectives which include discussions on changes in demographic trends, societal perception of change, impact of change in human societies, and the awareness of human impacts; b. transformations of the global environment including the land (forests, soils etc.), water, biota, atmosphere and climate;

69. MRes Global Environmental Change - University Of Plymouth MRes global environmental change. Contact details. Postgraduate Admissions Team Geography Geology Faculty of Science University http://www.plym.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/taught/2745/MRes Global Environmental

home Help contact us sitemap ... University main page MRes Global Environmental Change Contact details Postgraduate Admissions Team Faculty of Science University of Plymouth Drake Circus Plymouth PL4 8AA United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1752 233093 Contact email science@plymouth.ac.uk Aim of the programme There has never been greater concern about the future of the global environment than there is today. Understanding scientific theory and anticipating threats is essential for the successful reconciliation of sustainable economic development and nature conservation on a global scale. Duration Mres: 1 year full time/PgDip: 9 months full time General programme structure Considerable scientific uncertainty exists in any predictions about the future; the Earth's natural systems are not, and never have been, free from change. Natural variability is an intrinsic factor in all ecosystems and can be better understood by studying the Earth's environmental history. We can make informed management decisions about the future of the global environment only by understanding the scientific aspects of this subject area. The Global Change programme is designed to fulfil the need for such understanding, providing the scientific knowledge, information and skills to enable you to identify and manage key global issues of the future. These skills are particularly relevant for those seeking to pursue a career in environmental consultancies, government agencies or in academia. You will benefit from the interdisciplinary nature of the course; modules in data collection and analysis, research and project design are combined with the scientific basis of various changing environmental syst

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71. The UK Global Environmental Research Office Only the following publications and information are still accessible from this Website InterAgency Committee on global environmental change;. http://www.nerc.ac.uk/ukgeroff/welcome.htm

Closure of the UK GER Office - 31 March 1998 The Global Environmental Research Office was established in 1990 in recognition of the growing national and international interest in GER issues and the need to coordinate UK responses to research opportunities and challenges across Research Council disciplinary boundaries. From the start it was recognised that as new communities and networks became established, the requirement for central coordination would alter in its nature. The Heads of Research Councils (HORC's) decided that the Office should close on 31 March 1998. However, they recognised that as GER has expanded to address impacts and solutions as well as detection and understanding of change, there would still be an ongoing need to coordinate global change activities across Research Councils within existing mechanisms. A cross-Council working group has been established to consider this and to put proposals to HORC's in April 1998. Only the following publications and information are still accessible from this Website: Inter-Agency Committee on Global Environmental Change;

72. Inter-Agency Committee On Global Environmental Change InterAgency Committee on global environmental change (IACGEC). A review of the UK Inter-Agency Committee on Global Environmental http://www.nerc.ac.uk/ukgeroff/iacgec.htm

Inter-Agency Committee on Global Environmental Change (IACGEC) A review of the UK Inter-Agency Committee on Global Environmental Change (IACGEC), which was carried out by the UK Government's Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Robert May, concluded that the IACGEC had been an effective mechanism in the past and that it should continue to provide UK agencies funding Global Environmental Change (GEC) research with a senior-level forum for discussion of relevant science and policy developments. Details of the outcome of the review were announced in March 1997. Professor Sir Richard Southwood, past Vice Chancellor and current Pro-Vice Chancellor and Professor of Zoology at Oxford University, and a Director of Glaxo Wellcome, is the current Chairman of the IACGEC. A broader membership structure has been introduced and the public bodies which are now members of the IACGEC are: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) British National Space Centre (BNSC) Department of the Environment (DoE) Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Medical Research Council (MRC) Meteorological Office (MO) Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF)

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74. LUCC Newsletter 3 - Vulnerability And Global Environmental Change Vulnerability and global environmental change Exploring differences in our common future (s) the meaning of vulnerability to global environmental change . http://www.geo.ucl.ac.be/LUCC/publications/luccnews/news3/coleen.html

Vulnerability and global environmental change by Coleen Vogel Department of Geography and Environmental Studies. University of the Witwatersrand. Johannesburg. South Africa This paper is adapted from an earlier paper presented at the Regional Workshop on Risk Reduction in southern Africa, Disaster Mitigation for Sustainable Livelihoods Project, SADEP, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, October, 1997. Human-induced changes in atmospheric composition, climate and land use broadly constitute global environmental change. One of the components of global environmental change is human dimensions including human-induced alteration of the biophysical systems and the consequent effect on human welfare (Parry, 1996). Vulnerability, a term often loosely bandied about in both the development literature and relief field, is a fundamental aspect of global environmental change. While the term vulnerability is used in a number of contexts (e.g. medical science and biophysical sciences) it is increasingly being viewed through the lens of the social sciences (Chambers, 1989; Liverman, 1990, 1992; Dow, 1992; Watts and Bohle, 1993; Blaikie et al ., 1994; Kasperson

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76. Entrez PubMed Impacts of global environmental change on future health and health care in tropical countries. McMichael AJ, Patz J, Kovats RS. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9

77. CSERGE Working Papers : Global Environmental Change small_logo, Publications Working Papers global environmental change Series Our GEC (global environmental change) Working Paper Series. http://www.uea.ac.uk/env/cserge/publications/wp/gec/

Publications Working Papers Our GEC (Global Environmental Change) Working Paper Series Our Global Environmental Change series consists of technical papers written mainly for academic publication Climate Change Institutional Adaptation Sustainable Development Environmental Resource Valuation ... Environmental Policy Climate Change GEC 2000-01 Co-Evolutionary Approach to Climate Change Impact Assessment: A Scenario-Based Study in the U.K. By: Andrew Jordan, Irene Lorenzoni, Mike Hulme, Timothy O'Riordan, and R. Kerry Turner. GEC 2000-07 The Amenity Value of the Climate of India: A Household Production Function Approach. By: David Maddison. GEC 2000-11 Policy Frameworks for the Ancillary Benefits of Climate Change Policies. By: David Pearce. GEC 2000-19 Potential Limits Imposed by the Multilateral Trading System in Implementing Flexibility Mechanisms. By: Joy Aeree Kim. GEC 2000-24 Climate Change and Business Response By: Timothy O'Riordan. GEC 99-07 Assessing Vulnerability to Climate Change and Facilitating Adaptation By: Mick Kelly and W. Neil Adger.

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79. Advanced Institute On Vulnerability To Global Environmental Change Advanced Institute on Vulnerability to global environmental change. 321 May 2004 IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria Application Deadline 15 October 2003. http://medias.obs-mip.fr/amma/english/aivgec/index

Announcement of Opportunity Advanced Institute on Vulnerability to Global Environmental Change 3-21 May 2004 IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria Application Deadline: 15 October 2003 START , in partnership with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis IIASA ), and with the financial support of the David and Lucille Packard Foundation , invites applications for Institute Fellows to participate in an Advanced Institute on Vulnerability to Global Environmental Change . The Advanced Institute is to have three components: a three-week long Seminar to be held 3-21 May 2004 at IIASA in Laxenburg, Austria; one-year research grants for successful Institute Fellows; and a culminating workshop that will follow completion of the research. The Advanced Institute is open to young scientists and professionals, 40 years of age or younger, from developing countries. Subject to available funding, exceptional applicants from developed countries will be considered. The Advanced Institute will be multi-disciplinary and applicants with backgrounds in social science, natural science, engineering, management and public policy are welcome. Applicants must at a minimum have a masters degree or equivalent experience and it is expected that most successful applicants will have completed a PhD degree or be enrolled in a PhD program. Further details can be found on the START website under "What's New."

80. Balance Project Web Site BALANCE is an EU funded project (20032005) that follows on from BASIS (1997-1999). Its aim is to assess the vulnerabilities of the Barents Sea system to climate change based on a common modelling framework for major environmental and societal components. http://www.balance-eu.info

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