Earth System Visioning » anthropogenic factors http://www.icsu-visioning.org   Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:57:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 How can we get past the debates between natural and anthropogenic causes of global changes, and shift our attention towards reducing and dealing with the impacts of these changes? http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/07/how-to-minimize-the-natural-vs-athropogenic-controversy-on-global-changeswarming-issues/ http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/07/how-to-minimize-the-natural-vs-athropogenic-controversy-on-global-changeswarming-issues/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:21:25 +0000 edmarone http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=1031 http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/07/how-to-minimize-the-natural-vs-athropogenic-controversy-on-global-changeswarming-issues/feed/ 4 What can we learn about the Earth’s response to anthropogenic forcing from geological records of natural perturbations to the carbon cycle? http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/learn-earths-response-to-anthropogenic-forcing-from-geological-records/ http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/learn-earths-response-to-anthropogenic-forcing-from-geological-records/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:04:36 +0000 RJNewton http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=1681 http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/learn-earths-response-to-anthropogenic-forcing-from-geological-records/feed/ 0 How can the human dimensions of the Earth system be appropriately factored into our understanding of the Earth system, including questions of meaning, value, interpretation, and identity? http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/07/how-can-the-human-dimensions-of-earth-system-be-appropriately-factored-in/ http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/07/how-can-the-human-dimensions-of-earth-system-be-appropriately-factored-in/#comments Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:10:13 +0000 clarkamiller http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=947 http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/07/how-can-the-human-dimensions-of-earth-system-be-appropriately-factored-in/feed/ 0 How can we understand and best manage the feedbacks between (a) the growth and closer integration of the global economy and (b) changes in the biosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere? http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/understand-manage-feedbacks-btwn-global-economy-changes-in-biosphere-hydrosphere/ http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/understand-manage-feedbacks-btwn-global-economy-changes-in-biosphere-hydrosphere/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:42:30 +0000 CPerrings http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=1690 http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/understand-manage-feedbacks-btwn-global-economy-changes-in-biosphere-hydrosphere/feed/ 0 How far is the earth system away from its natural variability due to anthropogenic factors? http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/how-far-is-earth-system-away-from-its-natural-variability-due-to-anthropogenic-factors/ http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/how-far-is-earth-system-away-from-its-natural-variability-due-to-anthropogenic-factors/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:15:19 +0000 yaoyp http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=1964 http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/how-far-is-earth-system-away-from-its-natural-variability-due-to-anthropogenic-factors/feed/ 0 What are the consequences of land cover and land use change for human societies and the sustainability of ecosystems? http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/consequences-of-land-cover-and-land-use-change-for-human-societies-sustainability/ http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/consequences-of-land-cover-and-land-use-change-for-human-societies-sustainability/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:43:47 +0000 messouli http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=2171 http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/consequences-of-land-cover-and-land-use-change-for-human-societies-sustainability/feed/ 0 In hierarchical terms, what human-driven forces can potentially trigger abrupt transitions and non-linear response in biosphere? What critical thresholds and feed-mechanisms are involved and how do they operate? http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/07/humanforces-trigger-abrupt-transitions-biosphere/ http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/07/humanforces-trigger-abrupt-transitions-biosphere/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:57:48 +0000 ernesto.viglizzo http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=1049 http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/07/humanforces-trigger-abrupt-transitions-biosphere/feed/ 0 What model of collective action has proven to be the most effective in harmonizing social development with the functioning of natural systems? http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/what-model-of-collective-action-has-proven-to-be-the-most-effective/ http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/what-model-of-collective-action-has-proven-to-be-the-most-effective/#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:51:26 +0000 NLucas http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=1568 http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/what-model-of-collective-action-has-proven-to-be-the-most-effective/feed/ 1 We humans monopolize much of the earth’s productive potential, and need to find better ways to take our harvest while maintaining some natural services. What incentives should be offered to encourage conservation plus production, and how can it be funded? http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/09/we-need-to-find-better-ways-to-take-our-harvest-while-maintaining-some-natural-services/ http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/09/we-need-to-find-better-ways-to-take-our-harvest-while-maintaining-some-natural-services/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:48:08 +0000 jvanclay http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=1767 http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/09/we-need-to-find-better-ways-to-take-our-harvest-while-maintaining-some-natural-services/feed/ 0 How much biodiversity exists and how does its change or loss affect the system as a whole, and how modern methods of scientific investigations on biodiversity (including Artificial Intelligence) can help in solving this problem? http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/09/how-much-biodiversity-exists-and-how-does-its-change-or-loss-affect-the-system/ http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/09/how-much-biodiversity-exists-and-how-does-its-change-or-loss-affect-the-system/#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:22:50 +0000 Yelena Gambarova http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=1329 http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/09/how-much-biodiversity-exists-and-how-does-its-change-or-loss-affect-the-system/feed/ 0