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Nov 17, 2015
Reflections on a three-decade legacy
The International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) will come to a close at t...
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Nov 17, 2015
Use of and access to content on this website
Text and images produced by IGBP in house are free to use with appropriate credi...
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Nov 12, 2015
Bella Gaia performance and panel discussion to mark IGBP's closure
A musical performance by Bella Gaia will celebrate the achievements and legacy o...
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Towards Future Earth:
evolution or revolution?
During its three decades of existence, the International Geosphere-Biosphere Pro...
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A personal note on IGBP and the social sciences
Humans are an integral component of the Earth system as conceptualised by IGBP. João Morais recalls key milestones in IGBP’s engagement with the social sciences and offers some words of advice for Future Earth.
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IGBP and Earth observation:
a co-evolution
The iconic images of Earth beamed back by the earliest spacecraft helped to galvanise interest in our planet’s environment. The subsequent evolution and development of satellites for Earth observation has been intricately linked with that of IGBP and other global-change research programmes, write Jack Kaye and Cat Downy .
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Deltas at risk
Around 500 million people worldwide live on deltas, but many of the world's deltas are sinking due ...
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Climate change: the state of the science
A new data visualization released on the first day of the plenary negotiations at the UNFCCC’s clima...
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Climate Change:
the State of the Science
Videos now online from the Stockholm public forum to mark the launch of the IPCC's climate report, 2...
Books
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November 19, 2015
European Lifestyles and Marine Ecosystems: Exploring challenges for managing Europe’s seas
Book | University of Plymouth Marine Institute (2007) Langmead O, McQuatters-Gollop A and Mee LD -
November 16, 2015
Antarctic Ecosystems: An Extreme Environment in a Changing World
Book | Wiley (2012) Rogers A D, Johnston N M, Murphy E J and Clarke A (eds) -
November 10, 2015
Risk and Management of Current and Future Storm Surges
Book | Springer (2013) Kremer H, Nicholls R, Ratter B M W and Weisse R (eds) -
November 8, 2015
Rethinking Global Land Use in an Urban Era
Book | Strüngmann Forum Reports, MIT Press (2014) Seto K C and Reenberg A (eds) -
November 7, 2015
Megacities and the Coast: Risk, Resilience and Transformation
Book | Routledge, London (2013) Pelling M and Blackburn S (eds) -
November 7, 2015
Adapting to Climate Change: Lessons from natural hazards planning
Book | Springer (2014) Glavovic B C and Smith G, eds -
November 6, 2015
Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions of Gases and Particles
Book | Springer, Heidelberg (2014) Liss P S and Johnson M T (eds) -
November 5, 2015
Rethinking Global Land Use in an Urban Era
Book | MIT Press (2014) Seto K C and Reenberg A (eds) -
July 11, 2013
Ocean Acidifcation
Book | Oxford University Press (2011)Gattuso J-P and Hansson L (eds) -
June 27, 2013
The archaeology of global environmental change
Book | Humans and the Environment: New Archaeological Perspectives for the 21st Century (2011) Crumley C, Davies M and Nkirote F (eds) -
June 27, 2013
Innovative memory and resilient cities: echoes from Ancient Constantinople
Book | The Urban Mind, cultural and environmental dynamics (2011) Barthel S, Sörlin S and Ljungkvist JSinclair P, Herschend F, Isendahl C and Nordquist G (eds) -
October 3, 2012
E-Book: "River Basins and Change"
Book | Global Water System Project with UNESCO-IHE (2012) Bogardi, J., Leentvaar, J., Nachtnebel, H-P. (eds) -
October 3, 2012
Human-Nature Interactions in the Anthropocene
Book | Routledge Studies in Environment, Culture, and Society (2012) Glaser, B., Krause, G., Ratter, B.M.W. and M. Welp (eds) -
January 1, 2011
World fisheries: a social-ecological analysis
Book | Wiley-Blackwells Fisheries and Aquatic Resource Book Series (2011)Ommer R E, Perry R I, Cochrame K and Cury P, edsPitcher T J (series editor) -
November 12, 2010
Eurasian Arctic Land Cover and Land Use in a Changing Climate
Book | Springer (2010) Gutman G and Reissell A (eds) -
March 1, 2010
Marine ecosystems and climate change
Book | Oxford University Press (2010) Barange M, Field J G, Harris R H, Hofmann E E, Perry R I and Werner C (eds) -
January 1, 2010
Ocean Acidification: A National Strategy to Meet the Challenges of a Changing Ocean
Book | The National Academies Press (2010) Committee on the Development of an Integrated Science Strategy for Ocean Acidification Monitoring, Research, and Impacts Assessment; National Research Council -
November 19, 2008
Watersheds, bays and bounded seas. The science and management of semi-enclosed marine systems
Book | Island Press (2008) Urban E R, Sundby B, Malanotte-Rizzoli P and Melillo J (eds) -
August 1, 2008
Natural climate variability and global warming: A Holocene perspective
Book | Wiley-Blackwell (2008) Battarbee R W and Binney H A (eds) -
January 1, 2008
Land Use and Soil Resources
Book | Springer-Verlag (2007) Braimoh A K and Vlek P L G (eds) -
January 1, 2007
Estuarine Ecohydrology
Book | Elsevier (2007) Wolanski E (ed) -
January 1, 2007
Terrestrial Ecosystems in a Changing World
Book | Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany (2007) Canadell J G, Pataki E E and Pitelka L F (eds) -
January 1, 2007
Understanding global fire dynamics by classifying and comparing spatial models of vegetation and fire dynamics. in J. Canadell, L. Patalki, and P. P., editors. Terrestrial Ecosystems in a Changing World -- GCTE Synthesis Book
Book | Cambridge University Press (2006) Keane, R E, Cary G, Davies I D, Flannigan M, Gardner R H, Lavorel S, Lenihan J M, Li C and Rupp TS -
December 1, 2006
The Climate of Past Interglacials
Book | Elsevier (2007) Sirocko F, Claussen M, Litt T and Sanchez-Goni M F (eds) -
August 1, 2006
The Benguela:
predicting a large marine ecosystemBook | Elsevier (2006) Shannon V, Hempel G, Malanotte-Rizzoli P, Moloney C and Woods J (eds) -
January 1, 2006
Climate change and the economics of the world's fisheries
Book | Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (2006) Hannesson R, Barange M and Herrick S F (eds) -
January 1, 2006
Land-Use and Land-Cover Change:
Local Processes and Global ImpactsBook | Springer-Verlag (2006) Lambin E F and Geist H J (eds) -
June 1, 2005
Ocean acidification due to increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide
Book | The Royal Society (2005) The UK Royal Society (eds) -
January 30, 2005
The causes and progression of desertification
Book | Ashgate Studies in Environmental Policy and Practice (2005) Geist H J (ed) -
January 12, 2005
Coupled Models for the Hydrological Cycle - Integrating Atmosphere, Biosphere, and Pedosphere
Book | Springer-Verlag (2005) Bronstert A, Carrera J, Kabat P and Lütkemeier S (eds) -
January 1, 2005
Coastal Fluxes in the Anthropocene
Book | Springer-Verlag (2005) Crossland C J, Kremer H H, Lindeboom H J, Marshall Crossland J I and Le Tissier M D A (eds) -
September 15, 2004
SCOPE 65, Agriculture and the Nitrogen Cycle: Assessing the Impacts of Fertilizer Use on Food Production and the Environment
Book | Island Press (2004) Mosier A R, Syers J K and Freney J R (eds) -
July 29, 2004
Marine ecosystems and climate variation
Book | Oxford University Press (2004) Stenseth N C, Ottersen G, Hurrell J W and Belgrado A (eds) -
June 1, 2004
Vegetation, Water, Humans and the Climate: A New Perspective on an Interactive System
Book | Springer-Verlag (2003) Kabat P, Claussen M, Dirmeyer P A, Gash J H C, de Guenni L B, Meybeck M, Vörösmarty C J, Hutjes R W A and Lütkemeier S (eds) -
January 21, 2004
Global Change and the Earth System:
A Planet Under PressureBook | Springer-Verlag (2004) Steffen W, Sanderson A, Jäger J, Tyson P D, Moore III B, Matson P A, Richardson K, Oldfield F, Schellnhuber H-J, Turner II B L and Wasson RJ (eds) -
January 1, 2004
Land Change Science: Observing, Monitoring and Understanding Trajectories of Change on the Earth's Surface
Book | Springer-Verlag (2004) Authors: Gutman G, Janetos AC, Justice CO, Moran EF, Mustard JF, Rindfuss RR, Skole D, Turner II BL and Cochrane M (eds) -
January 1, 2004
Emissions of Atmospheric Trace Compounds
Book | Kluwer Academic Publishers (2004) Granier C, Artaxo P and Reeves C E (eds) -
January 1, 2004
Past Climate Variability through Europe and Africa
Book | Springer-Verlag (2004) Battarbee R W (ed) -
January 1, 2004
Improved estimates of net carbon emissions from land cover change in the tropics for the 1990s
Book | Global Biogeochemical Cycles (2004) Achard F, Eva H D, Mayaux P, Stibit H-J and Belward A (eds) -
January 1, 2004
From agricultural expansion to intensification: Rural development and determinants of land-use change in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Tropical Ecology Support Programme (TOEB)
Book | Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (2004) Mueller D (ed) -
October 1, 2003
Palaeohydrology: Understanding Global Change
Book | John Wiley and Sons (2003) Gregory K and Benito G (eds) -
July 15, 2003
Atmospheric Chemistry in a Changing World
Book | Springer-Verlag (2003) Brasseur G, Prinn R G and Pszenny A A P (eds) -
February 12, 2003
Paleoclimate, Global Change and the Future
Book | Springer-Verlag (2003) Alverson K D, Bradley R S and Pedersen T F (eds) -
January 1, 2003
Ocean Biogeochemistry: The Role of the Ocean Carbon Cycle in Global Change
Book | Springer-Verlag (2003) Fasham M J R (ed) -
December 5, 2002
Global Climate: Current research and uncertainties in the climate system
Book | Springer-Verlag (2002) Rodu X and Comin F A (eds) -
November 28, 2002
People and the environment: Approaches for linking household and community surveys to remote sensing and GIS
Book | Kluwer Academic Publishers (2002) Fox J, Rindfuss R R, Walsh S J and Mishra V (eds) -
November 28, 2002
Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: synthesis and perspectives
Book | Oxford University Press (2002) Loreau M, Naeem S and Inchausti P (eds) -
April 1, 2002
Linking people, place, and policy. A GIScience approach
Book | Kluwer Academic Publishers (2002) Walsh S J and Crews-Meyer K A (eds) -
January 1, 2002
Land use: Historical perspectives. Focus on Indo-Gangetic Plains
Book | Allied Publishers (2002) Abrol Y P, Sangwan S and Tiwari M K (eds) -
January 1, 2002
Global Desertification: Do humans cause deserts?
Book | Dahlem University Press (2002) Reynolds J and Stafford-Smith M (eds) -
January 1, 2002
Challenges of a Changing Earth. Proceedings of the Global Change Open Science Conference, Amsterdam, 10-13 July 2001
Book | Springer-Verlag (2002) Steffen W, Jäger J, Carson D J and Bradshaw C (eds) -
January 1, 2002
Global-Regional Linkages in the Earth System
Book | Springer-Verlag (2002) Tyson P, Fuchs R, Fu C, Lebel L, Mitra A P, Odada E, Perry J, Steffen W and Virji H (eds) -
September 1, 2001
Global Biodiversity in a Changing Environment: Scenarios for the 21st Century
Book | Springer-Verlag (2001) Chapin III F S, Sala O E and Huber-Sannwald E (eds) -
March 1, 2001
Ecological Geography of the Sea
Book | Academic Press (2001) Longhurst A R (ed) -
January 11, 2001
Interhemispheric Climate Linkages
Book | Academic Press (2001) Markgraf V (ed) -
January 1, 2001
A Systems Analysis of the Baltic Sea
Book | Springer-Verlag (2001) Wulff F V, Rahm L A and Larsson P (eds) -
January 1, 2001
85th Dahlem Workshop on Science and Integrated Coastal Management
Book | University Press (2001) von Bodungen B and Turner R K (eds) -
January 1, 2001
Growing Populations, Changing Landscapes, studies from India, China and the Unites States
Book | National Academy Press (2001) Indian National Science Academy and Chinese Academy of Sciences -
January 1, 2001
Managing a Sea: The Ecological Economics of the Baltic
Book | Earthscan Publications Ltd. (2001) Gren I M, Turner R K and Wulff F (eds) -
January 1, 2000
The Changing Ocean Carbon Cycle: A Midterm Synthesis of the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study
Book | Cambridge University Press (2000) Hanson R B, Ducklow H W and Field J G (eds) -
January 1, 2000
Past Global Changes and their Significance for the Future
Book | Pergamon (2000) Alverson K, Oldfield F and Bradley R (eds) -
April 1, 1999
Carbon Dioxide and Environmental Stress
Book | Academic Press (1999) Luo Y and Mooney H A (eds) -
April 1, 1999
Integrating Hydrology, Ecosystem Dynamics and Biogeochemistry in Complex Landscapes
Book | John Wiley and Sons (1999) Tenhunen J and Kabat P (eds) -
January 1, 1999
Perspectives on Integrated Coastal Management
Book | Springer-Verlag (1999) Salomons W, Turner R K, de Lacerde L D and Ramachandran S (eds) -
January 1, 1999
The Terrestrial Biosphere and Global Change: Implications for Natural and Managed Ecosystems. Synthesis Volume
Book | Cambridge University Press (1999) Walker B H, Steffen W L, Canadell J and Ingram J S I (eds) -
January 1, 1998
People and pixels: Linking remote sensing and social science
Book | National Academy Press (1998) Liverman D, Moran E F, Rindfuss R R and Stern P C (eds) -
January 1, 1998
Asian Change in the Context of Global Change: Impact of Natural and Anthropogenic Changes in Asia on Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Book | Cambridge University Press (1998) Galloway J N and Melillo J M (eds) -
May 1, 1997
Sediment Records of Biomass Burning and Global Change
Book | Springer-Verlag (1997) Clark J S, Cachier H, Goldammer J G and Stocks B J (eds) -
January 1, 1997
Plant Functional Types: their Relevance to Ecosystem Properties and Global Change
Book | Cambridge University Press (1997) Smith T M, Shugart H H and Woodward F I (eds) -
October 1, 1996
Climate Variability and Agriculture
Book | Narosa Publishing House (1996) Abrol Y P, Gadgil S and Pant G B (eds) -
August 16, 1996
Chemical Exchange between the Atmosphere and Polar Snow
Book | Springer-Verlag (1996) Wolff L and Bales R (eds) -
July 1, 1996
Carbon Dioxide, Populations, and Communities
Book | Academic Press (1996) Körner Ch and Bazzaz F A (eds) -
June 10, 1996
Scaling up in Hydrology using Remote Sensing
Book | John Wiley & Sons Ltd. (1996) Stewart J B, Engman E T, Feddes R A and Kerr Y H (eds) -
January 31, 1996
Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems in Monsoon Asia
Book | Kluwer Academic Publishers (1996) Hirose T, and Walker B H (eds) -
January 1, 1996
Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems
Book | Cambridge University Press (1996) Walker B H and Steffen W L (eds) -
January 1, 1996
Evaluation of Soil Organic Matter Models. NATO Advanced Science Institute Series
Book | Springer-Verlag (1996) Powlson D S, Smith P, and Smith J U (eds) -
January 1, 1996
Evaluation of Soil Organic Matter Models
Book | Springer-Verlag (1996) Powlson D S, Smith P and Smith J U (eds) -
January 1, 1996
The Ocean Carbon-Cycle Intercomparison Project of IGBP/GAIM, In: Ocean Storage of Carbon Dioxide, Ormoerod, W.
Book | CRE Group Ltd. (1996) Orr J C (guest ed) -
January 1, 1996
Carbon Dioxide and Terrestrial Ecosystems
Book | Academic Press (1996) Koch G W and Mooney H A (eds) -
July 18, 1995
Ice Core Studies of Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Book | Springer-Verlag (1995) Delmas R J (ed) -
August 31, 1994
Global Atmospheric-Biospheric Chemistry
Book | Plenum Press (1994) Prinn R G (ed)
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Global Change Magazine No. 84
This final issue of the magazine takes stock of IGBP’s scientific and institutional accomplishments as well as its contributions to policy and capacity building. It features interviews of several past...
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Global Change Magazine No. 83
This issue features a special section on carbon. You can read about peak greenhouse-gas emissions in China, the mitigation of black carbon emissions and the effect of the 2010-2011 La Niña event on gl...
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