Open AccessAdvancing ideas, methods in interdisciplinary climate change research for New Ph.D.s
Author(s) -
Friddell Julie,
Blenckner Thorsten
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2003eo330003
Subject(s) - climate change , variety (cybernetics) , biogeochemical cycle , global change , political economy of climate change , earth system science , environmental resource management , environmental science , political science , politics , environmental planning , natural resource economics , environmental ethics , ecology , computer science , economics , biology , philosophy , artificial intelligence , law
The global environmental changes that the Earth is experiencing today impact the smallest of organisms to global biogeochemical cycles. Climate change, one of the most noticeable alterations, is at least partly caused by our influence on worldwide physical, chemical, and biological systems. Climate change also has strong implications for political, economic, and social policy. Because climate change affects such a wide variety of disciplines and people, pursuing research in this field requires an interdisciplinary approach. This need to simultaneously understand climate change and forecast and effectively deal with its impacts on present and future generations presents a great challenge to the global research community.