Research agenda and policy input of the earth system science partnership for coping with global environmental change

Rik Leemans; Martin Rice; Ann Henderson-Sellers; Kevin Noone

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-17776-7_74

Research agenda and policy input of the earth system science partnership for coping with global environmental change

Rik Leemans, Martin Rice, Ann Henderson-Sellers, Kevin Noone

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Human activities now match (and often exceed) the natural forces of the Earth System (Steffen/Sanderson/ Tyson/Jäger/Matson/Moore/Oldfield/Richardson/ Schellnhuber/Turner/Wasson 2004). Recent ice core data show that current levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane are well outside the range of natural variability over the last 800,000 years (Luthi/Le Floch/ Bereiter/Blunier/Barnola/Siegenthaler/Raynaud/Jouzel/ Fischer/Kawamura/Stocker 2008). Roughly half of the world’s ice-free land surface has been altered by human actions. Humans now fix more nitrogen than does nature. Particles emitted by human activities alter the energy balance of the planet, as well as having adverse effects on human health. Human choices about how we use resources are at the heart of many of these changes. These may seem to be unrelated issues; however, over the last decades, we have gained a deeper understanding of the degree to which all of these separate issues are linked. The Earth System is a very complex coupled system with myriad feedbacks, and it has and inevitably can still exhibit rapid, globalscale responses to changes in environmental conditions (Costanza/Graumlich/Steffen/Crumley/Dearing/Hibbard/ Leemans/Redman/Schimel 2007).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Coping with global environmental change, disasters and security
Subtitle of host publication	threats, challenges, vulnerabilities and risks
Editors	Hans Günter Brauch, Úrsula Oswald Spring, Czeslaw Mesjasz, John Grin, Patricia Kameri-Mbote, Béchir Chourou, Pál. Dunay, Jörn Birkmann
Place of Publication	Heidelberg, Germany
Publisher	Springer, Springer Nature
Pages	1205-1220
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Print)	9783642177750
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17776-7_74
Publication status	Published - 2011

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Name	Hexagon series on human and environmental security and peace
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Leemans, R., Rice, M., Henderson-Sellers, A., & Noone, K. (2011). Research agenda and policy input of the earth system science partnership for coping with global environmental change. In H. G. Brauch, Ú. Oswald Spring, C. Mesjasz, J. Grin, P. Kameri-Mbote, B. Chourou, P. Dunay, & J. Birkmann (Eds.), Coping with global environmental change, disasters and security: threats, challenges, vulnerabilities and risks (pp. 1205-1220). (Hexagon series on human and environmental security and peace). Springer, Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17776-7_74

Leemans, Rik ; Rice, Martin ; Henderson-Sellers, Ann et al. / Research agenda and policy input of the earth system science partnership for coping with global environmental change. Coping with global environmental change, disasters and security: threats, challenges, vulnerabilities and risks. editor / Hans Günter Brauch ; Úrsula Oswald Spring ; Czeslaw Mesjasz ; John Grin ; Patricia Kameri-Mbote ; Béchir Chourou ; Pál. Dunay ; Jörn Birkmann. Heidelberg, Germany : Springer, Springer Nature, 2011. pp. 1205-1220 (Hexagon series on human and environmental security and peace).

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Leemans, R, Rice, M, Henderson-Sellers, A & Noone, K 2011, Research agenda and policy input of the earth system science partnership for coping with global environmental change. in HG Brauch, Ú Oswald Spring, C Mesjasz, J Grin, P Kameri-Mbote, B Chourou, P Dunay & J Birkmann (eds), Coping with global environmental change, disasters and security: threats, challenges, vulnerabilities and risks. Hexagon series on human and environmental security and peace, Springer, Springer Nature, Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 1205-1220. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17776-7_74

Research agenda and policy input of the earth system science partnership for coping with global environmental change. / Leemans, Rik; Rice, Martin; Henderson-Sellers, Ann et al.
Coping with global environmental change, disasters and security: threats, challenges, vulnerabilities and risks. ed. / Hans Günter Brauch; Úrsula Oswald Spring; Czeslaw Mesjasz; John Grin; Patricia Kameri-Mbote; Béchir Chourou; Pál. Dunay; Jörn Birkmann. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer, Springer Nature, 2011. p. 1205-1220 (Hexagon series on human and environmental security and peace).

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Leemans R, Rice M, Henderson-Sellers A, Noone K. Research agenda and policy input of the earth system science partnership for coping with global environmental change. In Brauch HG, Oswald Spring Ú, Mesjasz C, Grin J, Kameri-Mbote P, Chourou B, Dunay P, Birkmann J, editors, Coping with global environmental change, disasters and security: threats, challenges, vulnerabilities and risks. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer, Springer Nature. 2011. p. 1205-1220. (Hexagon series on human and environmental security and peace). doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-17776-7_74

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