1. Overview
2. How is the chemistry of the global atmosphere
regulated and what is the role of biological
processes in producing and consuming trace gases?
2.1 The International Global Atmospheric Chemistry
Project (IGAC)
2.2 Stratosphere-Troposphere Interactions and the
Biosphere (STIB)
3. How do ocean biogeochemical processes influence
and respond to climate change?
3.1 Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS)
3.2 Global Ocean Euphotic Zone Study (GOEZS)
4. How changes in land use affect the resources of the
coastal zone, and how changes in sea level and
climate alter coastal ecosystems?
4.1 Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ)
5. How does vegetation interact with physical processes
of the hydrological cycle?
5.1 Biospheric Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle (BAHC)
6. How will global change affect terrestrial ecosystems?
6.1 Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems (GCTE)
6.2 Global Change and Ecological Complexity (GCEC)
7. What significant climatic and environmental changes
have occurred in the past, and what were their causes?
7.1 Past Global Changes (PAGES)
8. How can our understanding of components of the Earth
system be integrated and synthesized in a numerical
framework that provides predictive capability?
8.1 Global Analysis, Interpretation and Modelling (GAIM)
9. Data and Information Systems for the IGBP (IGBP-DIS)
10. Needs for Remote-Sensing Data in the 1990's and Beyond
11. The IGBP Global Change Regional Research Centres (RRCs)
12. Implementation and Funding Strategy
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