Transitions and Tipping Points in Complex Environmental Systems
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-Continuing Education |
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Environmental Engineering Geological Engineering Ocean Engineering |
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Reference - Article/Document |
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Audio |
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Organization:NSF Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education |
| Description: | Report by NSF Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education that considers environmental transitions and tipping points. "From Canada to Chile, from Kazakhstan to Kansas, we are witnessing a fast-changing planet. What will it look like in the years, decades and centuries to come? How far and in what ways can Earth's systems be stressed before they reach tipping points, undergoing rapid transitions to new states--with unforeseen consequences? So asks a report released today by the National Science Foundation (NSF)'s Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education (AC-ERE). The report, "Transitions and Tipping Points in Complex Environmental Systems," finds both challenges and opportunities in the path to finding answers." |
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| Related ABET Criteria: |
(b) Design and conduct experiments, analyze and interpret data (h) Understand global, economic, environmental, and societal context |
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Excellent compelling report that could be used as a reference in a class on sustainable engineering. "The complicated and global scale of connectedness, and rates of environmental change, are beyond anything in human-recorded history. To do nothing in the face of today's environmental challenges, states the AC-ERE, would be among humanity's most foolhardy choices." |
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Difficult |
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Very low |
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| Publication Date: | September 2009 |
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WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.nsf.gov/geo/ere/ereweb/ac-ere/nsf6895_ere_report_09080 |
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IEEE LOM Record |
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NEEDS
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