41. APN: The Asia-Pacific Network For Global Change Research An intergovernmental network for the promotion of global environmental change research and links between science and policy making in the Asia-Pacific Region. http://www.apn.gr.jp/

The A sia- P acific N etwork for Global Change Research ( APN is an inter-governmental network for the promotion of global change research and links between science and policy making in the Asia-Pacific Region. Last Updated: 20. Mar. 2003 Click here to enter Call for proposals 2002 Application forms here deadline for submission of full proposals: Wednesday, 25 September 2002, midnight - Japanese time Deadline has passed APN Secretariat 5th Floor, IHD Centre Building 1-5-1 Wakinohama Kaigan Dori Chuo-ku Kobe 651-0073 JAPAN Tel: +81-78-230-8017 Fax: +81-78-230-8018 More information e-mail: info@apn.gr.jp

42. PRIO Research Project/Global Environmental Change And Human Security – The GECH global environmental change and Human Security – The GECHS ProjectOffice at PRIO. Project leader Nils Petter Gleditsch. The GECHS http://www.prio.no/research/project.asp?ProsjektID=74

43. Wiley :: Encyclopedia Of Global Environmental Change, 5 Volume Set, Encyclopedia Wiley, Encyclopedia of global environmental change, 5 Volume Set, Encyclopediaof global environmental change by Ted Munn (Editor). http://www.wiley.com/cda/product/0,,0471977969,00.html

Shopping Cart My Account Help Contact Us By Keyword By Title By Author By ISBN By ISSN Wiley General Earth Science Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change, 5 Volume Set, Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change Related Subjects Children's Science Agriculture Forestry Ecology ... Geology Related Titles General Earth Science Study Guide to Accompany The Earth Through Time, 7th Edition (Paperback) Harold L. Levin The Earth Through Time, 7th Edition (Hardcover) Harold L. Levin Student Test Manual to Accompany Earth Through Time, 6th Edition (Paperback) Harold L. Levin John D. Cox The Secret Life of Dust: From the Cosmos to the Kitchen Counter, the Big Consequences of Little Things (Paperback) Hannah Holmes General Earth Science Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change, 5 Volume Set, Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change Ted Munn (Editor) ISBN: 0-471-97796-9 Hardcover 3440 Pages December 2001 US $2,250.00

44. OCN 310 - Global Environmental Change OCN/OEST/MET 310 global environmental change Focus Area ContemporaryEthical Issues Fall, 2002 MWF, 9301020AM Lecture Marine http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/oceanography/courses_html/OCN310/

OCN/OEST/MET 310 Global Environmental Change Focus Area: Contemporary Ethical Issues Fall, 2002 MWF, 9:30-10:20AM Lecture: Marine Science Building (MSB) 100 Friday Discussion: MSB 100, 305, 306 Schedule of lectures Instructors Fred T. Mackenzie, Professor of Oceanography and Geology and Geophysics, Department of Oceanography, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii. Office: MSB 525; Phone: 956-6344; Email: fredm@soest.hawaii.edu . No specific office hours—please call or email for appointment. Jane E. Schoonmaker, Associate Researcher, Department of Oceanography, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii Office: MSB 532; Phone: 956-6827; Email: jane@soest.hawaii.edu Teaching Assistant: Andreas Andersson Office: MSB 507; Phone: 956-6895; Email: aj@soest.hawaii.edu Course Description Global environmental change is a subject area of considerable interest today. Change can be rapid and threatening; thus, the subject has forced itself before the world and its citizenry. It is now being addressed regularly by scientists, teachers, policymakers, economists, sociologists, lawyers, and the general public. The subject matter involves both the physiochemical and biological nature of change and the effects and consequences of natural and human-induced change for ecosystems, humans, and human infrastructures. The unifying theme of this course is consideration of both natural and human-induced environmental change, with emphasis on the latter. Earth’s ecosphere or exogenic systemthe Earth surface system of land, water, biota, air, ice, and sediments—has always been in a dynamic state of change. Change is probably more characteristic of the planet than constancy.

45. Global Environmental Change (GB) global environmental change Please find more detailed informationon the programme at the global environmental change Web site. http://www.iclei.org/europe/economy/research/GEC.htm

Take the shortcut to "Regional Approaches to Sustainable Economy" Concepts and Instruments Regional Cooperation Eco-Procurement Financial Incentives home ... contact us Global Environmental Change Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE) and the Centre for the Study of Environmental Change The programme was structured into five broad topic areas: attitudes and social behaviour business and the environment environmental policy international issues sustainability and resource management In its early stages, the programme’s biggest concern was with major global environmental issues such as climate change and biodiversity. Later, research increasingly focused on the implementation of sustainable development and smaller-scale measures and processes at local, national and regional levels - such as waste management, water pollution and air pollution. While many projects worked in the UK, studies were also carried out in developing countries, with particular emphasis on Africa. Over the whole programme period, public relations and synthesis work was carried out: a book series, newsletters and about 30 briefings as well as two popular books summarising the results were published.

46. Abstract Of Frontier Research System For Global Change Research Research at the IARC Coupled OceanIce-Atmosphere System Group Multi-DisciplinaryGroup, Impacts of global environmental change Research This project http://www.jamstec.go.jp/frsgc/eng/summary/iprc4_e.html

Abstract of FRSGC Climate Variations Model Group Climate Diagnostics Group Predictability Research Group ... Multi-Disciplinary Group Impacts of Global Environmental Change Research This project is still in the planning stage.

47. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory The laboratory focuses on research and development related to waste management, environmental restoration, global environmental change, energy and national security. Includes information on business partnerships, facilities, news, publications, community involvement, jobs, education programs, and contact information. http://www.pnl.gov/

48. GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, Recommendations Report, 2000 NCSPE THE SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DECISIONMAKING. GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTALCHANGE Section A global environmental change RECOMMENDATIONS. http://www.ncseonline.org/2000conference/08.cfm

A REPORT FROM THE FIRST NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SCIENCE, POLICY, AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING THE SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DECISIONMAKING GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE Human beings are now making profound changes to the environment on a global scale by altering landscapes, the atmosphere, and the oceans. The science aimed at understanding these changes has grown from research, primarily in the physical sciences, aimed at understanding climate change towards a synthetic global change science that also incorporates ecological and social sciences. Global change science is “focused on the accurate characterization of the vulnerability and resilience of natural and managed ecosystems and human society to global change.” (Our Changing Planet: the FY 2001 U.S. Global Change Research Program). Much of the research in this area is conducted under the auspices of the multi-agency U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). Because there are major policy implications of this research, new mechanisms are needed to provide “useful scientific products that contribute to the information needs of decisionmakers.” The importance and popularity of this topic led to the formation of two concurrent and independent sections. Each section (A and B) developed its own set of recommendations.

49. Global Environmental Change global environmental change Fall 1999 ERTH4500; IENV-4500 Prof. Abrajano. Lecture1 Introduction, Scope of global environmental change. http://www.rpi.edu/~abrajt/GEC.html

Global Environmental Change Fall 1999 ERTH-4500; IENV-4500 Prof. Abrajano Administrative Info (schedule, grades, textbook, etc.) Syllabus Assignments Lecture Notes and Library Reserves Administrative Info return to top of page Classes meet Tuesday and Thursday from 10:00 to 11:50 AM in the Science Center building (SC 3W13). Prof. Abrajano will have office hours from 1-2 PM on Tuesday and Thursday in MRC-314. At other times, he is likely to be found in his lab, MRC-327. He can be reached by phone at x6036 (voice mail) or x 2354 (lab) and by email at abrajt@rpi.edu No TA for the course. Grades will be assigned on the basis of two exams (worth 25% each of the final grade), 3 written assignments (worth 5% each of the final grade), and a short paper (manuscript is worth 25% of the final grade) and oral presentation (to be presented in the final quarter of the semester and worth 10% of the final grade). An extra grade of up to 5 % will be awarded to all students that regularly participate in class discussions. Exams are tentatively scheduled for September 30 and November 4 Books and References Each student is expected to purchase Global Environmental Change by K.K. Turekian

50. Global Environmental Change Report http://online.aspenpubs.com/gecr/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=main-h.htm

51. ESS 205 - Earth Systems And Global Environmental Change CONTACT Robert E. Ford, Senior Natural Resources Strategic Plannerand Advisor, USAID G/EGAD/AFS Email rford@igc.org. Created by http://www.usra.edu/esse/ford/ESS205/

Announcents Description Glossary Grading ... Staff Students WWW Links Navigation Key: Readings Homework WWW Links Video CD-Rom Construction COLLABORATORS: ESSE - Earth System Science Education University of Utah, Department of Geography To ESSEonline CONTACT Robert E. Ford Senior Natural Resources Strategic Planner and Advisor, USAID G/EGAD/AFS Email: rford@igc.org Created by James D. Hipple and Robert E. Ford Last Update: 21 January 2000

52. LUCC Newsletter 3 - Vulnerability And Global Environmental Change Vulnerability and global environmental change Exploring differences in our commonfuture (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

53. ”_‹ÆŠÂ‹«‹ZpŒ¤‹†Šƒz[ƒ€ƒy[ƒW Researches strategies to ensure stable food supplies under global environmental change. http://ss.niaes.affrc.go.jp/

54. Biological Invasions As Global Environmental Change SeptemberOctober 1996 Biological Invasions as global environmental change. PeterM. Vitousek, Carla M. D'Antonio, Lloyd L. Loope and Randy Westbrooks. Keywords. http://www.americanscientist.org/articles/96articles/Vitousek.html

September-October 1996 September-October 1996 Biological Invasions as Global Environmental Change Peter M. Vitousek, Carla M. D'Antonio, Lloyd L. Loope and Randy Westbrooks Keywords exotic species, ecological change, biological extinction, biodiversity, disease vectors, forests, national parks, zebra mussel. Abstract When we think of human actions that cause global change we usually consider such activities as changes in land and water usage or the introduction of chemical pollutants into the atmosphere. These practices are believed to be altering climates and habitats across the globe. There is, however, another way in which humanity excels in disturbing the ecological balance of the planetthat is by introducing plant and animal species into new environments. Our authors have catalogued the dramatic effects of various plants and animals that have been introduced (accidently or intentionally) by human activity in the past 200 years or so. They conclude that this largely unrecognized disturbance of the planet's ecosystems may have consequences that are every bit as significant as humanity's alterations of the land, water and atmosphere. Caption : Invasive spread of the golden apple snail ( red ) threatens the rice crops of several countries in Southeast Asia. The snail was initially introduced to Taiwan from Argentina in 1980 as a potential source of protein. Within 10 years it had spread north to the Korean peninsula and south to Indonesia. Ironically, the snail not only consumes a significant proportion of the annual rice crop, it has failed to be a palatable source of protein in the Asian diet. The snail has proved to be a costly experiment in the redistribution of a species. (Adapted from R. L. Naylor, in press.)

55. Present And Future Of Modeling Global Environmental Change Integrating Biophysical and Socioeconomic Factors in Modeling Impacts of GlobalEnvironmental Change G. Fischer Present and Future of Modeling Global http://www.terrapub.co.jp/e-library/toyota/

A Collection of Contributions Based on Presentations at the 14th Toyota Conference, Mikkabi, Shizuoka, Japan, October 3 to 6, 2000 Edited by Taroh Matsuno Frontier Research System for Global Change, Tokyo, Japan Hideji Kida Department of Geophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan Contents Prelim (PDF 12 KB) (PDF 8 KB) Preface (PDF 8 KB) Contributors (PDF 12 KB) Organizing Committee of the 14th Toyota Conference (PDF 248 KB) History of the Toyota Conference (PDF 8 KB) Contents (PDF 12 KB) Global Warming Projection Studies at the Meteorological Research Institute/JMA T. Tokioka and A. Noda Present and Future of Modeling Global Environmental Change: Toward Integrated Modeling, Eds., T. Matsuno and H. Kida, pp. 1-14. TERRAPUB, Tokyo, 2001. [Full text] (PDF 1.1 MB) Projections of Future Climate Change in the 21st Century Simulated by the CCSR/NIES CGCM under the IPCC SRES Scenarios T. Nozawa, S. Emori, A. Numaguti, Y. Tsushima, T. Takemura, T. Nakajima, A. Abe-Ouchi and M. Kimoto Present and Future of Modeling Global Environmental Change: Toward Integrated Modeling

56. Global Environmental Change Sharing global environmental change Sharing by Mary Jane Bell LyonsDecatur NortheastHigh School, NE. Go to NIGEC Educational Outreach. Go to NESEN. http://nesen.unl.edu/lessons/envirchange/glsharing.html

Global Environmental Change Sharing by Mary Jane Bell Lyons-Decatur Northeast High School, NE Go to NIGEC Educational Outreach Go to NESEN GRADE LEVEL: 9TH Science (Suitable for Middle School-Secondary) KEY CONCEPTS: “Global Environmental Change” from more than one perspective. Sharing of information by more than one section of science. STUDENT AND TEACHER BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The students had completed the study of climate in a weather textbook. This exercise could also be used in a social studies classroom. The lesson could be used as an introduction to the study of weather and climate. The research on the lesson was outlined in class and students were in the library as a group while I attended a school conference. The substitute teacher monitored the group and the library staff knew the expectations. The greatest difficulty seemed to be to get students to correctly document their sources. MATERIALS: Notebook or unlined paper. Large sheet of paper to post results after reports are written. Access to media materials.

57. Global Environmental Change For Middle School global environmental change for Middle Schoolby Kathy Keeney Middle Grade Level. http://nesen.unl.edu/lessons/envirchange/kkgechp.html

Global Environmental Change for Middle School by Kathy Keeney Middle Grade Level Return to Main Activities Page Day 1 -What is GEC? Day 2-Land Use Day 3-Water Use ... GEC Main Page Return to Environmental Change Activities Page Return to NESEN Background Information Day One - What is Change? This will be a class-generated definition. Dictionary definition: to make different; alter; modify; transform. Day Two - Soil Plants require nutrient soil to prosper We depend on plants for food Soil is a complex substance made up of tiny pieces of rock, organic substances, air and water The organisms that live in the soil depend on the minerals, water and air supplied by soil Spaces between the tiny pieces of rock allow PERCOLATION of water through the soil Spaces between the tiny pieces of rock allow PERCOLATION or air through the soil The measure of spaces or openings in the soil is called POROSITY The biggest impact humans have on soil is SOIL COMPACTION SOIL COMPACTION pushes soil particles together - no air/water passes through SOIL COMPACTION prevents seeds from pushing through the soil Plants will not receive air and/or water from compacted soil Living organisms in the soil cannot survive without water/air/nutrients No plants = soil erosion Day Three - Water Without water, life would be impossible

58. GCRIO - College And University Global Change Courses The course descriptions, syllabi, and course home pages listed below demonstratethe range of global environmental change studies available at colleges and http://www.gcrio.org/edu/highered.html

College and University Global Change Courses The course descriptions, syllabi, and course home pages listed below demonstrate the range of global environmental change studies available at colleges and universities. If you know of an online course that should be listed, please contact the GCRIO at help@gcrio.org Bethel College and Seminary ENS 102D: Environment and Humanity Boston University California State University Long Beach GEOL 300i: Earth Systems and Global Change Columbia University GEOL 2100y: The Climate System GEOL 2200x: The Solid Earth System GEOL 2300y: The Life System International Affairs U4735: Environmental Science for Decision Makers Cornell University EAS 302: Evolution of the Earth System Emporia State University ES 331/ES 767: Ice Age Environments Flinders University (Australia) An Introduction to Physical Oceanography Florida State University Oceanography 5050: Basic Physical Oceanography Oceanography 5259: Eddies as a Means of Oceanic Heat Flux Harvard University ESPP 90f: Global Change and Human Health H0703.0/EH278A,B: Human Health and Global Environmental Change

59. GECHSUCI NEW! GECHS Professional Report global environmental change and Human SecurityConceptual and Theoretical Issues is now available online. NEW! http://www.gechs.uci.edu/

Research Environmental Change Children at Risk Food Security ... Links Featured Links GECHS Project Homepage IHDP Website GECHS-UCI was established in 1999 to explore the ways in which environmental change affects the lives and welfare of individuals and groups around the world, especially in developing countries. learn more... News and Events UPDATED GECHS-UCI has created a page dedicated to providing links to relevant information on the War with Iraq . Our resources will continue to be updated to cover the evolving conflict and its aftermath. Next GECHS-UCI Research Team Meeting Friday April 4th at 1:00 pm in 343 MPAA Bldg (the parking lot building). Professor Richard Matthew has been featured in Today@UCI as part of a "Special media experts advisory: Conflict between the United States and Iraq." Click here to learn more. We are pleased to announce that Human Security and the Mine Ban Treaty has been accepted for publication by SUNY Press. We expect the volume to be published in November of 2003.

60. Global Environmental Change global environmental change A NEW WORLD VIEW, Back to Contents.One of the most ambitious projects of its kind, the Department's http://www.evsc.virginia.edu/news/esreport99/global.htm

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: A NEW WORLD VIEW Back to Contents One of the most ambitious projects of its kind, the Department's Global Environmental Change Program (GECP) was founded in 1996 using seed money provided by the University's Board of Visitors. The GECP now has a $1.5 million annual budget funded by the federal government. GECP researchers study the large-scale dynamics of the Earth's surface and both monitor and mathematically model these dynamics as they proceed under current and altered environmental conditions. Directed by W.W. Corcoran Professor Hank Shugart Some examples: In April 1998, GECP hosted two scientists from Africa for a course in web site design and Internet applications for science. Not only did they learn how to make web sites, they returned to Africa with a web site for their project to present to the Minister of the Environment of the Central African Republic. In response to a request from Vice President Al Gore and the Office of Science and Technology, GECP, in conjunction with the NASA EOS-AM Data Visualization Team, created a Global Fire Atlas web site (

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