The National Global Change Research Plan 2012-2021: A Strategic Plan for the U.S. Global Change Research Program

The environment is changing rapidly. Increases in world population, accompanied by industrialization and other human activities, are altering the atmosphere, ocean, land, ice cover, ecosystems, and the distribution of species over the planet. Understanding these and other global changes, including climate change, is critical to our Nation's health and economic vitality. Scientific research is critical to gaining this understanding. Research, along with an array of increasingly sophisticated tools for collecting and analyzing data, can provide essential knowledge to governments, businesses, and communities as they plan for and respond to the myriad manifestations of global change, including sea-level rise and ocean acidification, heat waves and drought, and the severe storms, floods, and forest fires that pose an evergrowing risk to life, property, and agriculture.

Author: The National Science and Technology Coun

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Oct 31, 2014

Number of Pages: 152 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 1502918242

ISBN-13: 9781502918246