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This volume includes revised versions of most of the presentations
made at the International Conference "Understanding the Earth Sys
tem: Compartments, Processes and Interactions" held on November
24-26, 1999 in Bonn. The Conference was organized by the German
National Committee on Global Change Research as part of the Bonn
Science Festival 1999-2000. The Bonn Science Festival (Wissen
schaftsfestival Region Bonn) was organized and funded by sfg
Strukturforderungsgesellschaft Bonn/Rhein-Siegl Ahrweiler mbH. The
generous support for organizing the conference and printing this
volume by sfg is gratefully acknowledged. Additional financial and
organizational support for separate workshop sessions and publica
tions have also been provided by the German Federal Ministry for
Science and Research, BMBF and Germany's major research funding
agency, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. The editors wish to
gratefully acknowledge the help, advice and especially patience of
many individuals who have contributed to this volume. The
contributions are intended to document the debate on crucial issues
of the emerging concept of earth system science and to stimulate
the necessary scientific discussion. While every effort has been
made on the part of the editors to ensure consistency in termi
nology, style and methods of quotation, the variety of contributors
has inevitably resulted in certain discrepancies. E. EHLERS Bonn,
February 2001 T. KRAFFT Contents Part I Panorama: The Earth System:
Analysis from Science and the Humanities Chapter 1 Understanding
the Earth System - From Global Change Research to Earth System
Science . . . . . . . 3 E. EHLERS and T. KRAFFT Chapter 2 Earth
System Analysis and Management. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 17 .
. .
Earth System Science in the Anthropocene aims to provide an
in-depth perspective and update on special topics in Global
Environmental Change in relation to Human Security. It gives an
overview on the new Joint Projects of the four International Global
Change Programmmes and on research efforts in Germany. It is also
an up-to-date report on emerging necessities in Global
Environmental Change research as well as suggestions for its future
development.
"Understanding the Earth System" aims to contribute to the timely discussion on Global Change of the Earth system. The discussion centers around the synthesis of procedures effecting both the natural and social sciences. The concept of Earth System Analysis, although controversially discussed, will be the focus of future scientific programs related to Global Change. The main problems are overpopulation, water shortages and climate change.
This work provides an in-depth perspective and update on special
topics in Global Environmental Change in relation to Human
Security. It offers an overview of new Joint Projects of the four
International Global Change Programmmes and on research efforts in
Germany. It is also an up-to-date report on emerging necessities in
Global Environmental Change research, and a collection of
suggestions for its future evolution.
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