Jun 18, 2013
Future Earth science committee announced
The International Council for Science (ICSU) and the International Social Science...
Career development workshop for young polar scientists announced
The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) is organizing a 1-day...
May 17, 2013
Seventh International Symposium on Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases (NCGG7) call for papers
A major international symposium on "Innovations for a Sustainable Future", 5-7...
Urban air pollution:
a new look at an old problem
Large urban agglomerations inevitably lead to air pollution. But despite the...
What to do while the water rises?
Rising sea levels will eventually threaten many coastal cities. But a dominant focus on the long-term endgame should not unduly restrict our options to deal with the more immediate consequences of climate change, says Richard Little.
Coping with a land-grab world:
lessons from Laos
Studies of large-scale land acquisitions tend to focus on the global or local scales, leading to insights that are either too general or too specific. Recent work on an intermediate scale – the nation-state of Laos – fills a crucial gap. Andreas Heinimann and Peter Messerli discuss the key findings and highlight the impacts on smallholders.
Water in the Anthropocene data visualization
A new data visualization, produced by IGBP and Globaia, charts how the global water cycle is changing...
Ticking time bombs in the human-earth system:
This Second Australian Earth System Outlook Conference, explored a small selection of globally...
Stockholm Seminar: 2000-year climate records
Thorsten Kiefer from IGBP's core project Past Global Changes (PAGES) discusses the 2000-year climate...
Global Change Magazine No. 78
The following feature articles from this issue
can be read on-line.
Anthropocene: an epoch of our making
Has human activity over the past two centuries pushed the Earth out of the Holocene and into the Anthropocene?
The rise and rise of urban expansion
Urban land area has expanded globally during the past few decades, a trend that looks set to continue in the foreseeable future.
Addicted to resources
Current levels of resource consumption are unsustainable in the long term.
Risky business
Economic losses due to natural catastrophes set a record high in 2011.
Building our future
A call for closer collaboration between engineers and climate researchers.
Here you can download articles to read them as Pdfs
Entire magazine 
(pdf, 11 MB)
Cover and contents (pdf, 11 MB)
Editorial (pdf, 330 kB)
News (pdf, 2 MB)
Anthropocene: an epoch of our making (pdf, 1 MB)
Has human activity over the past two centuries pushed the Earth out of the Holocene and into the Anthropocene?
The rise and rise of urban expansion (pdf, 4 MB)
Urban land area has expanded globally during the past few decades, a trend that looks set to continue in the foreseeable future.
Addicted to resources (pdf, 1 MB)
Current levels of resource consumption are unsustainable in the long term.
Risky business (pdf, 610 kB)
Economic losses due to natural catastrophes set a record high in 2011.
Building our future (pdf, 1 MB)
A call for closer collaboration between engineers and climate researchers.
IMBER Scientific Steering Committee Meeting 2013
Aug 19 - Aug 23, 2013
24th LOICZ Scientific Steering Committee Meeting
Global Change Magazine No. 80
The cover story in this issue explores the phenomenon of land grabs by taking a closer look at the Southeast Asian nation of Laos. Also featured are articles on resilience in the face of sea-level...
Global Change Magazine No. 79
This issue highlights various aspects of Arctic climate change, including sea ice and methane. We also look at a new tool for analysing complex global challenges, the path ahead for the Earth-system...
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