International Geosphere-Biosphere Program
The International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP) was an internationally oriented research program that examined global change .
overview
The scientific goal of the IGBP, founded in 1986 , was to describe the interactive physical, chemical and biological processes that regulate the Earth system together with the World Climate Research Program (WCRP) and the International Human Dimensions Program on Global Environmental Change (IHDP) and to understand and analyze the relationships between their natural and anthropogenic changes.
The International Science Council (ICSU) was - as with the other two global change programs - the sponsor of the IGBP.
The program ended at the end of 2015.
Core projects (selection)
- Hydrology : BAHC - Biological Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle
- Ecology : GCTE - Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems ; ended in 2003, the content of the Global Land Project (GLP) continued
- Anthropogenic drivers: LUCC - Land-Use / Cover Change (together with IHDP)
- Marine ecosystems: GLOBEC - Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics ; the international program ended in 2010
- Oceanic Carbon Cycle: JGOFS - Joint Global Ocean Flux Study ; the sub-project ended its work in 2003, followed by the IMBER and SOLAS projects
- Chemistry: IGAC - International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project
- Coastal Ecosystems: LOICZ - Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (together with IHDP)
- Paleo Research: PAGES - Past Global Changes ; moved from the IGBP to the Future Earth project
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Reflections on a three-decade legacy. In: IGBP. November 17, 2015, accessed October 6, 2016 .
- ↑ Website of the subproject BAHC. Retrieved October 7, 2016 .
- ↑ Website of the subproject GCTE. Retrieved October 7, 2016 .
- ↑ Websites of the sub-project GLOBEC . Retrieved October 7, 2016 .
- ↑ Websites of the sub-project JGOFS . Retrieved October 7, 2016 .
- ↑ Websites of the sub-project PAGES . Retrieved October 7, 2016 .