The likelihood and potential impact of future change in the large-scale climate-earth system on ecosystem services

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 27, Issue , 2013, Pages S15-S31

  Gosling, Simon N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazonia dieback; Climate change; Ecosystem services; Impact; Monsoon; Ocean acidification; Review; Sea level rise; THC and AMOC collapse; Water security

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ACIDIFICATION; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIEBACK DISEASE; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; FUTUROLOGY; GEOLOGY; GREENLAND; HUMAN; ICE SHEET; MELTING POINT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTH ASIA; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

EID: 84862699292     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2012.03.011     Document Type: Article

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