May 17, 2013
Seventh International Symposium on Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases (NCGG7) call for papers
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May 14, 2013
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Apr 30, 2013
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Global Land Project major conference call for abstracts
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Latest Global Change issue available online
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Not a damp squib, not yet a time bomb
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Zooming in over the northern latitudes
The Arctic is warming twice as quickly as the rest of the world, with significant consequences for northern Eurasia. Cat Downy discusses how the European Space Agency is working with researchers to combine remotely sensed, field and laboratory data in this hard-to-access region.
Earth-system science at a crossroads
The Planet Under Pressure conference underscored a rapidly changing landscape of Earth-system science. Mike Raupach says that the path ahead should combine the need for wider engagement with a continuing commitment to reason.
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...
Berlin's Anthropocene Project kicks off with Will Steffen's keynote
The Anthropocene Project is an initiative of Berlin's House of World Cultures.
photo: iStockphoto/Daniel Sambraus
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.
- Analysis, Integration and Modelling of the Earth System (AIMES)
- Global Land Project (GLP)
- International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC)
- Integrated Land Ecosystem-Atmosphere Processes Study (iLEAPS)
- Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research (IMBER)
- Land-Ocean Interaction in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ)
- Past Global Changes (PAGES)
- Surface Ocean—Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS)
Joint projects and studies**
- Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)
- Global Carbon Project (GCP)
- Global Environmental Change and Human Health (GECHH)
- Global Water System Project (GWSP)
- Global Change System for Analysis, Research and Training (START)
- Monsoon Asia Integrated Regional Study (MAIRS)
Synthesis
In 2009, IGBP decided to synthesise knowledge about a series of policy-relevant topics.
- Earth-system impacts from changes in the cryosphere (Lead: Ray Bradley)
- Impacts from changes in the cryosphere on the biota and societies in the arid Central Asia (Lead: Qin Dahe)
- Megacities in the coastal zone (Lead: Mark Pelling)
- Global environmental change and sustainable development: needs of least developed countries
- Geoengineering impacts (Lead: Pauline Dube)
- Nitrogen and climate (Lead: Jan Willem Erisman)
- Impacts of land-use-induced land-cover changes on the functioning of the Earth System (Nathalie de Noblet and Peter Verburg)
- Air pollution and climate (Paul Monks and Kathy Law)
Major endorsed projects
- African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA)
- International Nitrogen Initiative (INI)
- Northern Eurasia Earth Science Partnership Initiative (NEESPI)
Recent Fast-Track Initiatives
We have run several Fast-Track Initiatives over the years. These were designed to reduce uncertainty in key areas of the Earth system or to develop new ideas or concepts. The most recent ones were:
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