The Global Carbon Cycle: Integrating Humans, Climate, and the Natural World - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1559635274 ISBN 13 : 9781559635271

Editeur : Island Press, 2004

Synopsis

While a number of gases are implicated in global warming, carbon dioxide is the most important contributor, and in one sense the entire phenomena can be seen as a human-induced perturbation of the carbon cycle. The Global Carbon Cycle offers a scientific assessment of the state of current knowledge of the carbon cycle by the world's leading scientists sponsored by SCOPE and the Global Carbon Project, and other international partners. It gives an introductory over-view of the carbon cycle, with multidisciplinary contributions covering biological, physical, and social science aspects. Included are 29 chapters covering topics including: an assessment of carbon-climate-human interactions; a portfolio of carbon management options; spatial and temporal distribution of sources and sinks of carbon dioxide; socio-economic driving forces of emissions scenarios.

Throughout, contributors emphasize that all parts of the carbon cycle are interrelated, and only by developing a framework that considers the full set of feedbacks will we be able to achieve a thorough understanding and develop effective management strategies.

The Global Carbon Cycle edited by Christopher B. Field and Michael R. Raupach is part of the Rapid Assessment Publication series produced by the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE), in an effort to quickly disseminate the collective knowledge of the world's leading experts on topics of pressing environmental concern.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Chris Field is Director of the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology and Professor by Courtesy in the Department of Biological Sciences at Stanford University. Trained as an ecologist, Chris has conducted environmental research from tropical rainforests to deserts to alpine tundra. He is a specialist in global-change research. An author or more than 100 scientific papers, Chris is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences and a leader in several national and international efforts to provide the scientific foundation for a sustainable future. He is active in developing the international community of global change researchers, with involvement in organizations like SCOPE, IGBP, and the Global Carbon Project.




Michael Raupach is presently Chief Research Scientist in the CSIRO Land and Water Landscape Systems Research Directorate in Australia.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Island Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1559635274
• ISBN 13: 9781559635271
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 568
• Éditeur: Field Christopher B., Raupach Michael R.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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