May 2, 2012

U.S. Global Change Research Program publishes ten-year strategy


The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) has released the new National...
Apr 11, 2012

20 million Euros for international research


An international group of funding agencies has announced an "International...
Mar 28, 2012

Inclusive Wealth Report unveiled


To surmount sustainability hurdles societies need a new yardstick of national...

Building our Future


Human infrastructure both contributes to and is affected by global change. The...

Risky Business


A sequence of devastating earthquakes and a large number of weather-related catastrophes made 2011 the most expensive year ever for natural catastrophe losses for insurance companies. Owen Gaffney spoke to the world’s largest reinsurance company Munich Re’s Head of Geo Risks Research, Peter Höppe.

Addicted to resources


Industrialisation is consuming natural resources at rates that are demonstrably unsustainable in the long term, points out Helmut Haberl.

"Welcome to the Anthropocene" film and still images


A visually spectacular animated film, Welcome to the Anthropocene, has been released on the eve of...

The promise and perils of creating markets to pay for public goods


Some payment mechanisms to support ecosystem services can be environmentally harmful, warn experts in...

IGBP research presented to Dalai Lama


Global-change researcher Diana Liverman presented IGBP's Great Acceleration graphs to the Dalai Lama...

Acronym list

AfricanNESS   The African Network for Earth System Science
AIMESexternal link     Analysis, Integration and Modelling of the Earth System
APNexternal link     Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research
CACGPexternal link     Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution
CEOSexternal link     Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
DISexternal link     Data and Information Systems
DIVERSITASexternal link     An International Programme of Biodiversity Science
ESSPexternal link     Earth System Science Partnership
FAOexternal link     Food and Agriculture Organization
GAIMexternal link     Global Analysis, Integration and Modelling
GECAFSexternal link     Global Environmental Change and Food Systems
GECHHexternal link     Global Environmental Change and Human Health
GEOexternal link     Group on Earth Observations
GCPexternal link     Global Carbon Project
GCTEexternal link     Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems
GLOBECexternal link     Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics
GLPexternal link     Global Land Project
GWSPexternal link     Global Water System Project
IAIexternal link     Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research
ICSUexternal link     International Council for Science
IGACexternal link     International Global Atmospheric Chemistry
IGBPexternal link     International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
IGFAexternal link     International Group of Funding Agencies for Global Change Research
IGOexternal link     The Integrated Global Observing Strategy
IHDPexternal link     International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change
iLEAPSexternal link     Integrated Land Ecosystem-Atmosphere Processes Study
IMBERexternal link     Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research
IOCexternal link     Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
IPCCexternal link     Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
JGOFSexternal link     The Joint Global Ocean Flux Study
LBAexternal link     Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia
LOICZexternal link     Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (IGBP)
LUCCexternal link     Land-Use/Cover Change
MEAexternal link     Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
NSFexternal link     National Science Foundation
PAGESexternal link     Past Global Changes
SCOPEexternal link     Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment
SCORexternal link     Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research
SOLASexternal link     Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study
STARTexternal link     Global Change System for Analysis, Research and Training
WCRPexternal link     World Climate Research Programme
Share this page
Tell a friend (opens in new window)
Follow us
IGBP CLIMATE CHANGE INDEX
IGBP Climate Change Index IGBP Climate Change Index IGBP Climate Change Index IGBP Climate Change Index IGBP Climate Change Index IGBP Climate Change Index IGBP Climate Change Index IGBP Climate Change Index IGBP Climate Change Index
May 21 - May 23, 2012

27th IGBP Scientific Committee Meeting


May 24 - May 24, 2012

"Norwegian science highlights: Bio-Geo-Chemical Cycles and sustainable pathways in the Ocean, Atmosphere and Land"


Symposium in conjunction with the 27th IGBP SC Meeting, Bergen, Norway

Hosted by the Research Council of Norway and supported by Bjerknes Centre and the University of Bergen

Global Change Magazine No. 78


In this issue, we take a look at the Anthropocene, humanity's epoch. We also examine urban expansion, consumption of resources, natural catastrophes' effects on economics and how to better build our...

Global Change Magazine No. 77


In this issue you can debate the influence of climate on history, familiarise yourselves with the International Nitrogen Initiative, and find out how publishing the "hockey stick" graph changed life...
RECOMMENDED
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE:

How green is my future?


UN panel foresees big growth in renewable energy, but policies will dictate just how big.
UK:

'The Anthropocene: a new epoch of geological time?'


Royal Society, Philosphical Transactions A