Center For Health And The Global Environment, Harvard Medical School The Center's mission is to understand the human health consequences of global environmental change, and to promote a wider understanding of these consequences among physicians, scientists, policymakers, the media, and the general public. http://www.med.harvard.edu/chge/
Extractions: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Healths Global Environmental Change and Our Health website will provide middle-school students and educators with original, student-friendly content and health-focused lesson plans to help them understand the effects of global climate and environmental change on our health. The site will launch in November 2002.
Human Health & Global Environmental Change: Fall Courses 2002 HUMAN HEALTH global environmental change A multidisciplinary course designedto meet the demand for a more comprehensive understanding of the relationship http://www.med.harvard.edu/chge/course/
Extractions: Solutions: Part Two December 5 GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE A multi-disciplinary course designed to meet the demand for a more comprehensive understanding of the relationship between human health and the global environment for future physicians, policy-makers and public health experts. Course Requirements Faculty Schedule Bibliography ... An archive of past lectures and course material covering a wide range of related topics
Human Health & Global Environmental Change: Fall Courses 2001 HUMAN HEALTH global environmental change A multidisciplinary resource designedto meet the demand for a more comprehensive understanding of the relationship http://www.med.harvard.edu/chge/textbook/
Extractions: National Institute for Global Environmental Change (NIGEC) In 1989, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water provided FY 1990 funding to DOE's Biological and Environmental Research (BER) program "for the contract for the Laboratory for Environmental Health Research in California" (HR 101-235), later named the National Institute for Global Environmental Change (NIGEC). The purpose was to contribute to (1) the knowledge base of global climatic change, (2) the reduction of key scientific uncertainties inherent in projections of future climatic states, and (3) the understanding of perturbations to the climate system attributed to human activities. NIGEC's mission is to support the sponsoring agency, DOE, by aligning its activities with DOE global-change research priorities. NIGEC carries out its mission by supporting university and other non-federal researchers. NIGEC is composed of a national office at the University of California, Davis, and six regional centers ( see below NIGEC presently supports research under guidelines established by DOE as expressed in three research priorities, to wit:
Global Environmental Change Few people today are unaware of the farreaching effects of global environmentalchange, and it is now generally accepted that human activities are the root http://www.knovel.com/knovel2/Toc.jsp?BookID=645
Global Environmental Change Program (GECP) global environmental change Program Department of Environmental SciencesUniversity of Virginia. The global environmental change http://www.gecp.virginia.edu/
International Pacific Research Center, SOEST, UH Providing an international, stateof-the-art research environment to improve understanding of the nature and predictability of climate variability and regional aspects of global environmental change in the Asia-Pacific sector. http://iprc.soest.hawaii.edu/
Nat'l Acad Press Catalog: Global Environmental Change: global environmental change Research Pathways for the Next Decade Committee onGlobal Change Research, National Research Council. 616 pages, 6 x 9, 1999. http://www.nap.edu/catalog/5992.html
Extractions: How can we understand and rise to the environmental challenges of global change? One clear answer is to understand the science of global change, not solely in terms of the processes that control changes in climate and the composition of the atmosphere, but in how ecosystems and human society interact with these changes. In the last two decades of the twentieth century, a number of such research effortssupported by computer and satellite technologyhave been launched. Yet many opportunities for integration remain unexploited, and many fundamental questions remain about the earth's capacity to support a growing human population.
Global Environmental Change global environmental change. Notice Feb. 26. GEO 100 Global EnvironmentalChange; SPIRE Class Number 13084; Spring, 2003; MW 1115 1205; http://www.geo.umass.edu/courses/glbch/
Extractions: Notice: Exam 1 has been rescheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 26. TA: Natalie Kehrwald ( natalie_kehrwald@hotmail.com , Morrill 4 South 263) TA: Bonnie Roy ( broy@geo.umass.edu , Morrill 4 South 264) The objectives of this course are to gain a basic understanding of the interrelationships among the earth's major physical and biological systems and to gain an appreciation of past and potential future global environmental changes. The role of humans in propagating and mitigating global change will also be examined. We will discuss changes in the atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere and biosphere, and the impacts of human actions. Aspects of the forecasted global warming as well as other important issues will be discussed in detail. The Earth System: An Introduction to Earth Systems Science , by Kump, Kasting, and Crane, 1999 The textbook is available at the UMass Textbook Annex and at the Jeffrey Amherst College Store Lecture outlines are being made available at this website (http://www.geo.umass.edu/courses/glbch/lect.ol.html)
The UK Global Environmental Research Office Only the following publications and information are still accessible fromthis 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). Areview 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)
Global Environmental Change Part A Similar pages KLUWER academic publishers global environmental changeHome » Browse by Subject » Environmental Sciences» global environmental change. Sort listing by http://www.elsevier.com/locate/gloenvcha
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Explorer: Global Environmental Change global environmental change. Click here to receive a 786 KByte PDF file.Resource Type. Research Article Physical Media. Downloadable File Series. http://unite.ukans.edu/explorer/explorer-db/html/836283648-81ED7D4C.html
Extractions: Click here to receive a 786 KByte "PDF" file. Research Article Downloadable File Global Change Education Guide, Chapter II, Greenhouse Effect Undergraduate Graduate Adult ECNet "This article addresses the effects that the climate faces due to the burning of fossil fuels and the resulting greenhouse effect. If we could predict how the climate changes will evolve, we would be better prepared to deal with them. Aspects of the problem that are covered are: greenhouse effect, atmospheric changes caused by manking, significance of past global warming, thoughts about the future, and possible actions to take. This resource is part of the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration's Global Change Education Resource Guide edited by Lynn L. Mortensen. It originally appeared in MTS Journal, v.25, no.3, pp.5-11, Marine Technology Society, Washington, D.C." Natural Science/Life Science/Ecosystems/Ecology Natural Science/Life Science/Ecosystems/Humans vs Environment-Pollution Natural Science/Earth Science/Geosphere/General Geosphere Natural Science/Earth Science/Geosphere/Earth's Changes/General Earth's Changes Natural Science/Earth Science/Geosphere/Pollution in the Geosphere Natural Science/Earth Science/Atmosphere/General Atmosphere Natural Science/Earth Science/Atmosphere/Structure Natural Science/Earth Science/Atmosphere/Weather/General Weather Natural Science/Earth Science/Atmosphere/Weather/Climate
Implications Of Global Environmental Change Implications of global environmental change. Barry Smit. The sustainability implicationsof global environmental change cover many dimensions and sectors. http://www.iisd.org/agri/nebraska/smit.htm
Extractions: Home Contents Barry Smit Sustainable Agriculture Forces Influencing Sustainability Climatic Variation and Change ... Recommendations The sustainability implications of global environmental change cover many dimensions and sectors. This chapter focuses on the agricultural sector. It is not based on detailed analyses of the Great Plains; rather, it draws on general material that is related to sustainability in the Great Plains. Implications of environmental change are shown to extend beyond production impacts and are intimately related to economics and public policy. Sustainable Agriculture Definitions of sustainability are often controversial. In terms of agriculture, sustainability has many meanings (Smit and Smithers, 1993; 1994). But most definitions are fundamentally similar. Consider two representative definitions of sustainable agriculture: Agri-food systems that are economically viable, meet society's need for safe and nutritious foods, while conserving . . . natural resources and the quality of the environment for future generations. - Science Council of Canada (1992) Agricultural system that can indefinitely meet demands for food and fibre at socially acceptable economic and environmental costs. - Crosson (1992)
Virtual Exhibitions: Planet Earth, Global Environmental Change global environmental change. Ashmead,D. Standing room only our overcrowded planet. Slaymaker,O. Spencer,T. Physical geography and global environmental change. http://www.britishcouncil.org/virtual/environment/glocatin.htm
Extractions: Registered as charity no. 209131 Ashmead,D. Standing room only: our overcrowded planet The environment Atmosphere, weather and climate Ecosystems: a functional approach Donnellan,C., ed. The future of the countryside Donnellan,C., ed. The future of the countryside: study guide The earth transformed: an introduction to human impacts on the environment Environment and the developing world: principles, policies and management IMechE Conference Transactions Conference on CHP 2000: co-generation for the 21st century Jarvis,P.G., ed. European forests and global change: the likely impacts of rising CO2 and temperature Morris,J., ed. Climate change: challenging the conventional wisdom Park,C. The environment: principles and applications Polunin,N., ed. Population and global security Rogers,R. Cities for a small planet Shanklin,J. The antarctic ozone hole Shiva,V. Biopiracy: the plunder of nature and knowledge Simmons,I.G. Changing the face of the earth: culture, environment, history Physical geography and global environmental change Swanson,T.M., ed.
NSF Human Dimensions Of Global Change impacts of population on the environment, including international migration;innovation and diffusion processes related to global environmental change; http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/hdgc/hdgc.htm
Extractions: E-mail: geowebmaster@nsf.gov The National Science Foundation supports basic research on the Human Dimensions of Global Change (HDGC). HDGC research focuses on the interactions between human and natural systems, with an emphasis on the social and behavioral processes that shape and influence those interactions. Proposals for general research on HDGC must be clearly related to social, psychological, economic, demographic, anthropological, geographic, governmental, legal, institutional, and/or ethical aspects of global change including the development of statistical methodology and mathematics models. Although the emphasis is on global change, proposals for research on regional or local phenomena are welcome provided the implications for global effects are clearly specified in the proposal. Proposals should be well grounded in relevant social science theory, they should explain how the research will contribute to the enhancement of that theory, and they should clearly outline and justify the research methods to be used. Proposals to build or synthesize databases should include detailed research plans for use of the data. Back to top Potential Topics
