Feb 7, 2012

Don't put all eggs in one (geoengineered) basket


Should research efforts focus on single large-scale geoengineering schemes? Or...
Dec 16, 2011

Global emissions rebound to record levels after global financial crisis


Global carbon dioxide emissions increased by a record 5.9 per cent in 2010...
Nov 24, 2011

Conference deadline extends


The Planet Under Pressure management team is extending the oral presenters...

Tracking groundwater depletion


As water demand rises rapidly, some regions are withdrawing groundwater faster...

In the line of fire


Scientists who published the famous “hockey stick” graph experienced sustained attacks soon after the figure was incorporated in the 2001 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Now one of those scientists, Ray Bradley, has written a very personal account of his experience. He spoke to Owen Gaffney about his new book.

Learning from the past


When it comes to managing the environment, we rarely look beyond the past few years to inform decisions. John Dearing says this needs to change.

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...

Single-celled plankton reveal past climates


How do scientists reconstruct past climate conditions on Earth? One way of doing this is by culturing...
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Research and projects


IGBP science is the study of the Earth system, in particular the interactions between biological, chemical, physical  and human systems.

Core projects


IGBP has 12 major international projects (including 4 joint projects coordinated by the Earth System Science Partnership). Each project has an international project office (IPO). Several projects also have satellite offices - "nodal offices" -  throughout the world.

Joint projects and studies**

** coordinated by the Earth System Science Partnership external link

Synthesis


In 2009, IGBP embarked on its second synthesis to be completed in 2013.
  • Earth-system impacts from changes in the cryosphere
  • Impacts from changes in the cryosphere on the biota and societies in the arid Central Asia
  • Megacities in the coastal zone
  • Global environmental change and sustainable development: needs of least developed countries
  • Geoengineering impacts
  • Nitrogen and climate
  • Impacts of land-use-induced land-cover changes on the functioning of the Earth System
  • Air pollution and climate

Major endorsed projects

Current Fast-Track Initiatives


We run several Fast Track Initiatives. These are designed to reduce uncertainty in key areas of the Earth system or to develop new ideas or concepts.  
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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...

Global Change Magazine No. 76


Articles in this issue focus on a range of topics, including the UN's Global Sustainability Panel, South American  palaeoclimate, Geoengineering and Ocean Acidification. The regulars include...
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