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The scientific community has voiced two general concerns about the future of the earth. Firstly, climatologists and oceanographers have focused on the changes in our physical environment, ie., climate, oceans, and air. And secondly, environmental biologists have addressed issues of conservation and the extinction of species. There is increasing evidence that these two broad concerns are intertwined and mutually dependent. Past changes in biodiversity have both responded to and caused changes in th e earth's environment. In its discussions of ten key terrestrial biomes and freshwater ecosystems, this volume uses our broad un- derstanding of global environmental change to present the first comprehensive scenarios of biodiversity for the twenty-first century. Combining physical earth science with conservation bio- logy, the book provides a starting-point for regional assessments on all scales. The book will be of interest to those con- cerned with guiding research on the changing environment of the earth and with planning future policy, especially in accordance with the Global Biodiversity Convention.

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Book category Books in English Technology, engineering, agriculture Environmental science, engineering & technology

• Full title: Global Biodiversity in a Changing Environment
• Subtitle: Scenarios for the 21st Century
• Author: F. Stuart Chapin, Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald, Osvaldo E. Sala
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 378
• EAN: 9780387952864
• ISBN: 0387952861
• ID: 06793827
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Weight: 592 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 155 × 23 mm
• Date of publishing: 18. September 2001

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