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Suggested Citation:"Epilogue: The Fundamental Rationale." National Research Council. 1988.
Our Changing Planet: A U.S. Strategy for Global Change Research : a Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18703.
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Suggested Citation:"Epilogue: The Fundamental Rationale." National Research Council. 1988.
Our Changing Planet: A U.S. Strategy for Global Change Research : a Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18703.
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Epilogue: The Fundamental Rationale
In the coming decades, global change may well represent
the most significant societal, environmental, and economic
challenges facing this Nation and the world. The national goal
of developing a predictive understanding of global change is, in
its truest sense, science in the service of mankind.
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