| United States. President - 1986 - 1266 pages
...understand the interactive physical, chemical and biologic processes that regulate the total earth system, the changes that are occurring in this system, and the manner in which they are influenced by human activities. The IGBP, in which the National Academy of Sciences will lead US scientific participation,... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources - 1989 - 612 pages
...interaction of physical, chemical, and biological processes that regulate the total Earth system, the environment that it provides for life, the changes...and the manner in which they are influenced by human activity. This is a scope that goes significantly beyond what traditionally has been studied under... | |
| 1993 - 84 pages
...physical, chemical, and biological processes that regulate the total Earth system, the unique environment it provides for life, the changes that are occurring...and the manner in which they are influenced by human action. The proposed System for Analysis, Training, and Research (START) would have five functions:... | |
| R. E. Munn, J. W. M. La Rivière, N. van Lookeren Campagne - 1996 - 250 pages
...The International Geosphere Biosphere Programme: a Study of Global Change (IGBP) The aim of IGBP is to describe and understand the interactive, physical,...and the manner in which they are influenced by human activities. The planning and implementation of the programme is currently based on eight major research... | |
| Thomas Michael Smith, H. H. Shugart, F. I. Woodward - 1997 - 392 pages
...Programme was established in 1986 by the International Council of Scientific Unions, with the stated aim To describe and understand the interactive physical,...and the manner in which they are influenced by human activities. Titles in the series Plant Functional Types TM Smith, HH Shugart fS F. /. Woodward (Editors)... | |
| James Galloway, Jerry Melillo - 1998 - 384 pages
...Programme was established in 1986 by the International Council of Scientific Unions, with the stated aim: To describe and understand the interactive physical,...and the manner in which they are influenced by human activities. A wide-ranging and multi-disciplinary project of this kind requires well-defined priorities... | |
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