Scales and Global Change

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Scales and Global Change Spatiai and Temporal Variability in Biospheric and Geospheric Processes SCOPE 35 Edited by Thomas Rosswall University of Linköping, Linköping, Sweden Róbert G. Woodmansee Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA and Pauí G. Risser University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA The global environment is being significantly affected by humán activity. Changes in vegetation cover will affect the global hydrological cycle, production of 'greenhouse gases' will lead to climate changes, changes in atmospheric chemistry can have drastic effects on terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, and man-made chemicals decrease thé Antarctic ozone layer. In order to address these global issues in a scientifically meaningful way, a new earth system science is needed, which takes a truly multi-disciplinary approach. However, when linking observations from different spatiai and temporal scales, fundamental problems are encountered. If the... Tovább

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Scales and Global Change Spatiai and Temporal Variability in Biospheric and Geospheric Processes SCOPE 35 Edited by Thomas Rosswall University of Linköping, Linköping, Sweden Róbert G. Woodmansee Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA and Pauí G. Risser University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA The global environment is being significantly affected by humán activity. Changes in vegetation cover will affect the global hydrological cycle, production of 'greenhouse gases' will lead to climate changes, changes in atmospheric chemistry can have drastic effects on terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, and man-made chemicals decrease thé Antarctic ozone layer. In order to address these global issues in a scientifically meaningful way, a new earth system science is needed, which takes a truly multi-disciplinary approach. However, when linking observations from different spatiai and temporal scales, fundamental problems are encountered. If the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme: A Study of Global Change is to be successful, scale problems have to be faced and new approaches developed. This book is the first to address scaling problems both within individual disciplines and between disciplines, and represents an important first step in developing strategies for 'Global Change' studies. JOHN WILEY & SONS Chichester • New York • Brisbane • Toronto • Singapore Vissza