 | Frank Ryan - Science - 2002 - 328 pages
...declaration that, given the history of the Gaian controversy, must be considered a new enlightenment: "The Earth System behaves as a single, self-regulating...multi-scale temporal and spatial variability." This validation of Gaian theory had important implications for humanity and our exploitive behavior in relation... | |
 | Will Steffen, Jill Jäger, David J. Carson, Clare Bradshaw - Science - 2002 - 240 pages
...has shown that: U The Earth System behaves as a single, self-regulating system comprised ofphysical, chemical, biological and human components. The interactions...exhibit multi-scale temporal and spatial variability. The understanding of the natural dynamics of the Earth System has advanced greatly in recent years... | |
 | Kirill I︠A︡kovlevich Kondratʹev, Vladimir F. Krapivin, Costas Varotsos - Nature - 2003 - 400 pages
..."Challenges to Changing Earth" is that "the Earth System behaves as a single, self-regulating system of physical, chemical, biological, and human components....exhibit multi-scale temporal and spatial variability." In reality, diverse important impacts of human activities on a global scale can be traced both on land... | |
 | Jon Turney - Body, Mind & Spirit - 2003 - 180 pages
...the past decade under the auspices of the four programmes to address these concerns has shown that: The Earth System behaves as a single, selfregulating...exhibit multi-scale temporal and spatial variability. The understanding of the natural dynamics of the Earth System has advanced greatly in recent years... | |
 | Stephen Henry Schneider - Nature - 2004 - 412 pages
...International Biodiversity Programme on July 13, 2001. The declaration had as its first bullet point: "The Earth System behaves as a single, self-regulating...physical, chemical, biological and human components." I wonder how many of those who signed the declaration knew that they were putting their names to a... | |
 | R.Z. Xi, Wei-Zu Gu, Klaus-Peter Seiler - Technology & Engineering - 2004 - 432 pages
...place in Amsterdam in 200 1 . There the Amsterdam Declaration on Global Change was released by the • The Earth System behaves as a single, self-regulating...physical, chemical, biological and human components. • Human activities are significantly influencing Earth's environment in many ways in addition to... | |
 | Andrew Goatly - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2007 - 464 pages
...Geophysical Unions in Amsterdam, roughly a thousand scientists subscribed to the following declaration: The Earth System behaves as a single, self-regulating...exhibit multi-scale temporal and spatial variability. The understanding of the natural dynamics of the Earth System has advanced greatly in recent years... | |
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The Earth System behaves as a single, selfregulating system comprised of physical, chemical, biological and human components. The interactions and feedbacks between the component parts are complex and exhibit multi-scale temporal and spatial variability. 