Understanding multiple environmental stresses : report of a workshop / Committee on Earth-Atmosphere Interactions: Understanding and Responding to Multiple Environmental Stresses, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Earth-Atmosphere Interactions: Understanding and Responding to Multiple Environmental Stresses.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Droughts--Congresses.

Droughts.

Climatic changes--Environmental aspects--Congresses.

Climatic changes.

Biotic communities--Congresses.

Biotic communities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (154 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The research of the last decade has demonstrated that ecosystems and human systems are influenced by multiple factors, including climate, land use, and the by-products of resource use. Understanding the net impact of a suite of simultaneously occurring environmental changes is essential for developing effective response strategies. Using case studies on drought and a wide range of atmosphere-ecosystem interactions, a workshop was held in September 2005 to gather different perspectives on multiple stress scenarios. The overarching lesson of the workshop is that society will require new and improved strategies for coping with multiple stresses and their impacts on natural socioeconomic systems. Improved communication among stakeholders; increased observations (especially at regional scales); improved model and information systems; and increased infrastructure to provide better environmental monitoring, vulnerability assessment, and response analysis are all important parts of moving toward better understanding of and response to situations involving multiple stresses. During the workshop, seven near-term opportunities for research and infrastructure that could help advance understanding of multiple stresses were also identified.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Drought""; ""3 Atmosphere-Ecosystem Interactions""; ""4 Lessons Learned from the Case Studies""; ""References""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A Statement of Task""; ""Appendix B Workshop Agenda""; ""Appendix C Workshop Participants""; ""Appendix D Extended Speaker Abstracts""; ""Appendix E Committee Biosketches""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-309-17926-2

1-280-84478-7

9786610844784

0-309-66576-0

OCLC:

923278060