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Nov 17, 2015
Reflections on a three-decade legacy
The International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) will come to a close at t...
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Nov 17, 2015
Use of and access to content on this website
Text and images produced by IGBP in house are free to use with appropriate credi...
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Nov 12, 2015
Bella Gaia performance and panel discussion to mark IGBP's closure
A musical performance by Bella Gaia will celebrate the achievements and legacy o...
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Towards Future Earth:
evolution or revolution?
During its three decades of existence, the International Geosphere-Biosphere Pro...
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A personal note on IGBP and the social sciences
Humans are an integral component of the Earth system as conceptualised by IGBP. João Morais recalls key milestones in IGBP’s engagement with the social sciences and offers some words of advice for Future Earth.
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IGBP and Earth observation:
a co-evolution
The iconic images of Earth beamed back by the earliest spacecraft helped to galvanise interest in our planet’s environment. The subsequent evolution and development of satellites for Earth observation has been intricately linked with that of IGBP and other global-change research programmes, write Jack Kaye and Cat Downy .
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Deltas at risk
Around 500 million people worldwide live on deltas, but many of the world's deltas are sinking due ...
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Climate change: the state of the science
A new data visualization released on the first day of the plenary negotiations at the UNFCCC’s clima...
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Climate Change:
the State of the Science
Videos now online from the Stockholm public forum to mark the launch of the IPCC's climate report, 2...
Global Change Newsletter No. 73
The following feature articles from this issue
can be read on-line.
Oceanic Projects and Programmes
IGBP and big observational campaigns
SOLAS and Cape Verde scientists establish an atmosphere and ocean observatory off North West Africa
GLOBEC: ten years of research
Three IMBER imbizo workshops on ecological and biogeochemical interactions
New developments in marine ecosystem research: recommendations for IMBER II
Global change and the coastal zone: current LOICZ science activities
Working groups of the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR)
The Ocean in a High-CO2 World:
The Second Symposium on Ocean Acidification
Science highlights from the symposium
Reef development in a high-CO2 world
High vulnerability of eastern boundary upwelling systems
Changes in the carbonate system of the global oceans
Salmon pHishing in the North Pacific Ocean
Consequences of ocean acidification for fisheries
Impact of ocean acidification on underwater sound
The early development of oysters
Low winter CaCO3 saturation in the Baltic Sea
Mechanisms linking climate to ecosystem change
Impact of ocean acidification on marine snails and deep-sea corals
Natural CO2 vents reveal ecological tipping points
From the lab to models
Economic impacts of ocean acidification
Ocean acidification: connecting the science to policy
Here you can download articles to read them as Pdfs
Entire magazine
(pdf, 5.1 MB)
Cover and contents (pdf, 442.6 kB)
Editorial (pdf, 282.9 kB)
News (pdf, 746 kB)
Oceanic Projects and Programmes
IGBP and big observational campaigns
download here (pdf, 366.8 kB)
SOLAS and Cape Verde scientists establish an atmosphere and ocean observatory off North West Africa
download here (pdf, 335.9 kB)
GLOBEC: ten years of research
download here (pdf, 469.3 kB)
Three IMBER imbizo workshops on ecological and biogeochemical interactions
download here (pdf, 396.2 kB)
New developments in marine ecosystem research: recommendations for IMBER II
download here (pdf, 396.2 kB)
Global change and the coastal zone: current LOICZ science activities
download here (pdf, 311 kB)
Working groups of the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR)
download here (pdf, 336.4 kB)
The Ocean in a High-CO2 World: The Second Symposium on Ocean Acidification
Plus science highlights from the symposium
download here (pdf, 3.3 MB)
IGBP closed at the end of 2015. This website is no longer updated.
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Global Change Magazine No. 84
This final issue of the magazine takes stock of IGBP’s scientific and institutional accomplishments as well as its contributions to policy and capacity building. It features interviews of several past...
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Global Change Magazine No. 83
This issue features a special section on carbon. You can read about peak greenhouse-gas emissions in China, the mitigation of black carbon emissions and the effect of the 2010-2011 La Niña event on gl...
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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.
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UK:
'The Anthropocene: a new epoch of geological time?'
Royal Society, Philosphical Transactions A