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IV. The Detailed Science Questions
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... Companson of ESE Science Issues and USGCRP Objectives ESE Primary Science Issues USGCRP Objectivesa Earth's natural variability Primary forcings of the global Earth system Responses of the Earth system to natural and human-induced disturbances Consequences of changes in the Earn system for human societies Prediction of future changes in the Earth climate and global environment . Determine the origins, rates, and likely future course of natural and anthropogenic changes Understand and model global environmental change and its processes on finer spatial scales and across a wide range of time scales Increase understanding of the combined effects of multiple stresses on ecosystems Understand and assess the impacts of global environmental change and their consequences for the United States Address the potential for su pnses and abrupt changes in the global environment Subcommittee on Global Change Research, 1999, Our Changing Planet: The FY2000 U.S.
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... National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 364pp. i9 NRC, 1991, International Global Network of Fiducial Stations: Scientif c and Implementation Issues.
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... R5 Will changes in polar ice sheets cause a major change in global sea level? 12 R6 What are the effects of regional pollution on the global atmosphere, and the effects 9, 18 of global chemical and climate changes on regional air quality?
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... Questions Related to the Consequences of Global Change The ESE science questions on the consequences of global change are posed as socially relevant issues: effects of global change on weather, precipitation pattems, water resources, land-use changes, and sea-level rise. These questions catty a requirement for long-term monitoring, but they also have a specific human dimension that links the science to societal concems.
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... 24 A discussion of the challenges and opportunities in bridging the social science and remote sensing fields can be found in NRC, 1998, People and Pixels: Linking Remote Sensing and Social Science. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 244 pp.
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