Global Change and Future Earth
The Geoscience Perspective

Authoritative reviews on the wide-ranging ramifications of climate change, from an international team of eminent researchers.

Tom Beer (Edited by), Jianping Li (Edited by), Keith Alverson (Edited by)

9781107171596, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 18 October 2018

430 pages, 139 b/w illus. 32 maps
28.3 x 22.5 x 2.4 cm, 1.46 kg

Global Change and Future Earth is derived from the work of several programs of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG). It demonstrates how multi- and inter-disciplinary research outputs from the geoscience community can be applied to tackle the physical and societal impacts of climate change and contribute to the Future Earth programme of the International Council for Science. The volume brings together an international team of eminent researchers to provide authoritative reviews on the wide-ranging ramifications of climate change spanning eight key themes: planetary issues; geodetic issues; the Earth's fluid environment; regions of the Earth; urban environments; food security; and risk, safety and security; and climate change and global change. Covering the challenges faced by urban and rural areas, and in both developed and developing counties, this volume provides an important resource for a global audience of graduate students and researchers from a broad range of disciplines, as well as policy advisors and practitioners.

List of contributors
Preface
1. International drivers to study climatic and environmental change: a challenge to scientific unions Tom Beer
2. Future Earth and expected mega changes Serhat Sensoy, Mustafa Coskun, Necla Turkoglu and Ihsan Cicek
3. Global change, space weather and climate Eigil Friis-Christensen
4. Climate issues from the planetary perspective and insights for the Earth Athena Coustenis, Fred W. Taylor and Christina Plainaki
5. Satellite remote sensing of hydrological change Alberto Montanari and Michael G. Sideris
6. Geodetic observations as a monitor of climate change Tonie van Dam, Jianli Chen and Thierry Meyrath
7. Future Earth and the cryosphere Ian Allison, Regine Hock, Matt A. King and Andrew N. Mackintosh
8. Geographical research and Future Earth Michael E. Meadows
9. Water security: integrating lessons learned for water quality, quantity and sustainability Elaine M. Faustman, Heidi Foth, Luis Schiesari, Julio Alejandro Navoni, Silvia Berlanga de Moraes Barros, Gisela de Aragão Umbuzeiro, Salmaan H. Inayat-Hussain and Marissa N. Smith
10. Decadal coupled ocean-atmosphere interaction in North Atlantic and global warming hiatus Jianping Li, Cheng Sun and Ruiqiang Ding
11. Sea level rise and Future Earth Anny Cazenave and Hindumathi Palanisamy
12. Ocean circulation: knowns and unknowns Harry L. Bryden and Lawrence A. Mysak
13. Asian groundwater perspectives on global change and Future Earth Makoto Taniguchi
14. Africa's broken food systems: unravelling the hidden fortune under climate change Richard Munang and Robert Mgendi
15. Nutrition, urban environments and Future Earth Godwin D. Ndossi and Keto E. Mshigeni
16. Nutrition science and Future Earth: current nutritional policy dilemmas Mark L. Wahlqvist
17. Air pollution and human health risk reduction: the case study of Delhi megacity, India R. B. Singh and Aakriti Grover
18. Targeting research towards achieving food security in an era of climate change Bruce M. Campbell, D. Dinesh and Sophia Huyer
19. The contribution of food engineering to achieve global food security Walter E. L. Spieß
20. Supply chains and Future Earth Albert McGill
21. The impact of global climate change on nutrition security: a multidimensional challenge Ibrahim Elmadfa and Alexa Leonie Meyer
22. Marine systems, food security and Future Earth Elizabeth A. Fulton, Éva Plagányi, William Cheung, Julia Blanchard and Reg Watson
23. Geophysical studies, natural hazards and climate change Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi and Ligia Pérez-Cruz
24. Climatic consequences and agricultural impacts of nuclear conflicts Owen B. Toon, Alan Robock, Michael Mills, Lili Xia and Charles Bardeen
25. Advancing spring flood risk reduction in the Arctic through interdisciplinary research and stakeholder collaborations Yekaterina Y. Kontar, Sarah F. Trainor, Tuyara N. Gavrilyeva, John C. Eichelberger and Nikita I. Tananaev
26. Geohazard analysis for disaster risk reduction and sustainability Alik Ismail-Zadeh
27. Geothermal energy and a Future Earth Ladislaus Rybach and Thomas Kohl
28. Future Earth, climate change and global change: Future Earth's ocean Martin Visbeck and Anke Schneider
29. Asia's sustainability challenges and Future Earth Tetsuzo Yasunari, Hein Mallee and Reiichiro Ishii
30. Looking back to move forward: institutional capacity required by global governance changes Jane E. Rovins and Sarah Beaven
Index.

Subject Areas: The environment [RN], Meteorology & climatology [RBP], Hydrology & the hydrosphere [RBK], Soil science, sedimentology [RBGB], Geology & the lithosphere [RBG], Atmospheric physics [PHVJ], Geophysics [PHVG]