QUEST
Quantifying Earth system processes and feedbacks for better informed assessments of alternative futures of the global environment.
Human activities are altering the atmosphere and oceans, transforming ecosystems, and changing the climate over and above natural variation. To predict how the complex interactions and feedbacks between different components of the Earth System will respond to our growing influence, we need to consider them together. More about the QUEST programme
Events and announcements
Earth System Science 2010: Global Change, Climate and People
11 Feb 2010
This conference in Edinburgh on 10-13 May 2010 will showcase recent advances in the understanding of Earth system dynamics and highlight new directions for the analysis of our interactions with the environment. Earth System Science 2010: Global Change, Climate and People
Long term strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions needed
29 Oct 2008
Carbon dioxide will continue to rise even if current national and international targets for reducing emissions are met, scientists warn. Long term strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions needed
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