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
Extractions: Carnegie Institution 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.
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
Elsevier Author Gateway global environmental change Part A, Firsttime author? user name password http://authors.elsevier.com/JournalDetail.html?PubID=30425&Precis=DESC
NIGEC; Great Plains Regional Center Great Plains Regional Center (GPRC). of the National Institute for global environmental change (NIGEC). Education Information Projects http://gprcnigec.unl.edu/
Extractions: The GPRC focuses on the region encompassed by the states of Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North and South Dakota and Wyoming. Colorado is shared with the South Central Regional Center. Research pertaining to the Great Plains (Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico) is of relevance to the GPRC, but is coordinated with the South Central Regional Center. The Great Plains Regional Center (GPRC), located in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources' School of Natural Resource Sciences at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln , encourages global change research focusing on semi-arid grassland ecosystems such as those found in the North American Great Plains. Shashi B. Verma, Director
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
Extractions: 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
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
Extractions: Tel: +44 (0)1752 233093 science@plymouth.ac.uk 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. Mres: 1 year full time/PgDip: 9 months full time 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
MSc/PgDip Global Environmental Change - University Of Plymouth MSc/PgDip global environmental change. Contact details. Postgraduate Admissions Team Geography Geology Faculty of Science University http://www.plym.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/taught/2744/MSc/PgDip Global Environm
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
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
Extractions: 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;
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
Extractions: 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)
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
Extractions: 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
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/
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
Environment Journals Online newsletters, yearbooks, and other publications for environmental managers cover policy trends, scientific research, and industrial developments related to topics such as global change, sustainable development, ISO 14000, recycling, and emissions trading. Subscription required. http://www.cutter.com/envibusi/
Extractions: Browse all Subject Areas Administration Law Antitrust Law Accounting Research Manager BBP News Titles Casenotes Construction Law Cutter Environment Education Policy Emanuel Titles Family Law HR, Employment Law IFI Claims Information Technology Intellectual Property International Taxation Kluwer Arbitration Kluwer Law Intl. Law Practice Management Legal Education Litigation, Insurance Loislaw Non-Profit Administration Online Research Panel Publishers Titles Patent Searches Payroll Pension, Benefits Real Estate Spencer Benefit Reports Taxation Telecommunications Reports Venture Capital Environment Journals Global Environmental Change Report Indoor Environmental Quality Oil Spill Intelligence Report , and Energy Design Update , formerly published by Cutter Information Corporation, are now a part of Aspen Publishers Environmental Services library of products. These publications add to Aspen's comprehensive line of manuals, newsletters and on-line services providing timely analysis and practical information on environmental and compliance issues. Most notably these related compliance titles include: Hazardous Waste Consultant Air Pollution Consultant and OSHA Compliance Guide
Assessments Contains major national and international studies on environmental and climatic issues. http://www.usgcrp.gov/usgcrp/links/assessments.htm
Extractions: Major National and International Studies Got a question? Visit Doctor Global Change , resident expert at the site of the Global Change Research Information Office (GCRIO). At the Interface Between Science and Public Policy: Lessons Learned from Assessments Article in the Fall 2000 issue of Acclimations by Ari Patrinos, Associate Director for Biological and Environmental Research, Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy On This Page: Online Assessment Reports US Assessment Reports US Climate Action Reports (CAR). Submitted to the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, under Article 12 of the convention: US National Assessment: The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change Acclimations.
Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) Publications Report by Stockholm environmental Institute concludes that old problems of inadequate water, poor sanitation, smoky dwellings, and a lack of food, together with changes in the world economy pose a more obvious threat in these countries than does global climate change. http://www.sei.se/newreport.html
Extractions: Home News Contact Us This section: ABOUT STAFF CENTRES RESEARCH ... PUBLICATIONS On the SEI Website: About SEI Milestones Board Factsheets SEI Centres - Boston - Stockholm - Tallinn - York - Oxford Office Staff PROGRAMMES Atmos.Environment Sus. Development Water Resources Publications - List - Search - Downloads Sitemap Contact SEARCH Programmes: SEI Publications Search Downloads Foreword by Roger Kasperson Produced by the Sida-funded Regional Air Pollution in Developing Countries Programme. "In this book, a distinguished cast of leading researchers . . . have synthesized the recent developments in the field and their relevance for public health . . .". They "review studies from a wide range of Asian, African and Latin American countries and contrast the findings with those from Europe and North America . . ." and "describe various tools and systems for air pollution management". ". . .this book is essential reading for pollution and health policy-makers, researchers and others concerned with air pollution and health in developing countries".
GCRIO Global Change And Environmental Education Resources This collection of resources was selected for their relevance to global change and environmental education. Included are a wide range of resources for educators and students at all levels. http://gcrio.org/edu/educ.html
