There is a growing recognition that the Earth itself
is a single system within which the biosphere is an active component. Human
activities are now so pervasive and profound in their consequences that they
affect the Earth at a global scale in complex, interactive and apparently
accelerating ways. The new IGBP project, Analysis, Integration and Modeling of
the Earth System (AIMES) is charged with integrating human processes with Earth
system processes.
Author: K.A. Hibbard and D.S. Schimel (kathyh at ucar dot edu)
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