Northern Eurasia Future Initiative (NEFI): facing the challenges and pathways of global change in the 21st century
During the past several decades, the Earth system has changed significantly, especially across Northern Eurasia. Changes in the socio-economic conditions of the larger countries in the region have also resulted in a variety of regional environmental changes that can have global consequences. The Nor...
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ftunivreading:oai:centaur.reading.ac.uk:74037 2024-05-19T07:36:48+00:00 Northern Eurasia Future Initiative (NEFI): facing the challenges and pathways of global change in the 21st century Groisman, Pavel Shugart, Herman Kicklighter, David Henebry, Geoffrey Tchebakova, Nadezhda Maksyutov, Shamil Monier, Erwan Gutman, Garik Gulev, Sergey Qi, Jiaguo Prishchepov, Alexander Kukavskaya, Elena Porfiriev, Boris Shiklomanov, Alexander Loboda, Tatiana Shiklomanov, Nikolay Nghiem, Son Bergen, Kathleen Albrechtová, Jana Chen, Jiiquan Shahgedanova, Maria Shvidenko, Anatoly Speranskaya, Nina Soja, Amber de Beurs, Kirsten Bulygina, Olga McCarty, Jessica Zhuang, Qianlai Zolina, O. 2017 text https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/74037/ https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/74037/7/10.1186%252Fs40645-017-0154-5.pdf https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/74037/1/74037.pdf en eng Springer https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/74037/7/10.1186%252Fs40645-017-0154-5.pdf https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/74037/1/74037.pdf Groisman, P., Shugart, H., Kicklighter, D., Henebry, G., Tchebakova, N., Maksyutov, S., Monier, E., Gutman, G., Gulev, S., Qi, J., Prishchepov, A., Kukavskaya, E., Porfiriev, B., Shiklomanov, A., Loboda, T., Shiklomanov, N., Nghiem, S., Bergen, K., Albrechtová, J., Chen, J., Shahgedanova, M. <https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/view/creators/90000204.html> orcid:0000-0002-2320-3885 , Shvidenko, A., Speranskaya, N., Soja, A., de Beurs, K., Bulygina, O., McCarty, J., Zhuang, Q. and Zolina, O. (2017) Northern Eurasia Future Initiative (NEFI): facing the challenges and pathways of global change in the 21st century. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 4 (1). pp. 2197-4284. ISSN 2197-4284 doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-017-0154-5 <https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-017-0154-5> cc_by_4 Article PeerReviewed 2017 ftunivreading https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-017-0154-5 2024-05-01T00:11:36Z During the past several decades, the Earth system has changed significantly, especially across Northern Eurasia. Changes in the socio-economic conditions of the larger countries in the region have also resulted in a variety of regional environmental changes that can have global consequences. The Northern Eurasia Future Initiative (NEFI) has been designed as an essential continuation of the Northern Eurasia Earth Science Partnership Initiative (NEESPI), which was launched in 2004. NEESPI sought to elucidate all aspects of ongoing environmental change, to inform societies and, thus, to better prepare societies for future developments. A key principle of NEFI is that these developments must now be secured through science-based strategies co-designed with regional decision makers to lead their societies to prosperity in the face of environmental and institutional challenges. NEESPI scientific research, data, and models have created a solid knowledge base to support the NEFI program. This paper presents the NEFI research vision consensus based on that knowledge. It provides the reader with samples of recent accomplishments in regional studies and formulates new NEFI science questions. To address these questions, nine research foci are identified and their selections are briefly justified. These foci include: warming of the Arctic; changing frequency, pattern, and intensity of extreme and inclement environmental conditions; retreat of the cryosphere; changes in terrestrial water cycles; changes in the biosphere; pressures on land-use; changes in infrastructure; societal actions in response to environmental change; and quantification of Northern Eurasia's role in the global Earth system. Powerful feedbacks between the Earth and human systems in Northern Eurasia (e.g., mega-fires, droughts, depletion of the cryosphere essential for water supply, retreat of sea ice) result from past and current human activities (e.g., large scale water withdrawals, land use and governance change) and potentially restrict or provide new ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Sea ice CentAUR: Central Archive at the University of Reading Progress in Earth and Planetary Science 4 1 |
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During the past several decades, the Earth system has changed significantly, especially across Northern Eurasia. Changes in the socio-economic conditions of the larger countries in the region have also resulted in a variety of regional environmental changes that can have global consequences. The Northern Eurasia Future Initiative (NEFI) has been designed as an essential continuation of the Northern Eurasia Earth Science Partnership Initiative (NEESPI), which was launched in 2004. NEESPI sought to elucidate all aspects of ongoing environmental change, to inform societies and, thus, to better prepare societies for future developments. A key principle of NEFI is that these developments must now be secured through science-based strategies co-designed with regional decision makers to lead their societies to prosperity in the face of environmental and institutional challenges. NEESPI scientific research, data, and models have created a solid knowledge base to support the NEFI program. This paper presents the NEFI research vision consensus based on that knowledge. It provides the reader with samples of recent accomplishments in regional studies and formulates new NEFI science questions. To address these questions, nine research foci are identified and their selections are briefly justified. These foci include: warming of the Arctic; changing frequency, pattern, and intensity of extreme and inclement environmental conditions; retreat of the cryosphere; changes in terrestrial water cycles; changes in the biosphere; pressures on land-use; changes in infrastructure; societal actions in response to environmental change; and quantification of Northern Eurasia's role in the global Earth system. Powerful feedbacks between the Earth and human systems in Northern Eurasia (e.g., mega-fires, droughts, depletion of the cryosphere essential for water supply, retreat of sea ice) result from past and current human activities (e.g., large scale water withdrawals, land use and governance change) and potentially restrict or provide new ... |
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Groisman, Pavel Shugart, Herman Kicklighter, David Henebry, Geoffrey Tchebakova, Nadezhda Maksyutov, Shamil Monier, Erwan Gutman, Garik Gulev, Sergey Qi, Jiaguo Prishchepov, Alexander Kukavskaya, Elena Porfiriev, Boris Shiklomanov, Alexander Loboda, Tatiana Shiklomanov, Nikolay Nghiem, Son Bergen, Kathleen Albrechtová, Jana Chen, Jiiquan Shahgedanova, Maria Shvidenko, Anatoly Speranskaya, Nina Soja, Amber de Beurs, Kirsten Bulygina, Olga McCarty, Jessica Zhuang, Qianlai Zolina, O. |
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Groisman, Pavel Shugart, Herman Kicklighter, David Henebry, Geoffrey Tchebakova, Nadezhda Maksyutov, Shamil Monier, Erwan Gutman, Garik Gulev, Sergey Qi, Jiaguo Prishchepov, Alexander Kukavskaya, Elena Porfiriev, Boris Shiklomanov, Alexander Loboda, Tatiana Shiklomanov, Nikolay Nghiem, Son Bergen, Kathleen Albrechtová, Jana Chen, Jiiquan Shahgedanova, Maria Shvidenko, Anatoly Speranskaya, Nina Soja, Amber de Beurs, Kirsten Bulygina, Olga McCarty, Jessica Zhuang, Qianlai Zolina, O. Northern Eurasia Future Initiative (NEFI): facing the challenges and pathways of global change in the 21st century |
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Groisman, Pavel Shugart, Herman Kicklighter, David Henebry, Geoffrey Tchebakova, Nadezhda Maksyutov, Shamil Monier, Erwan Gutman, Garik Gulev, Sergey Qi, Jiaguo Prishchepov, Alexander Kukavskaya, Elena Porfiriev, Boris Shiklomanov, Alexander Loboda, Tatiana Shiklomanov, Nikolay Nghiem, Son Bergen, Kathleen Albrechtová, Jana Chen, Jiiquan Shahgedanova, Maria Shvidenko, Anatoly Speranskaya, Nina Soja, Amber de Beurs, Kirsten Bulygina, Olga McCarty, Jessica Zhuang, Qianlai Zolina, O. |
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Northern Eurasia Future Initiative (NEFI): facing the challenges and pathways of global change in the 21st century |
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Northern Eurasia Future Initiative (NEFI): facing the challenges and pathways of global change in the 21st century |
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Northern Eurasia Future Initiative (NEFI): facing the challenges and pathways of global change in the 21st century |
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https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/74037/7/10.1186%252Fs40645-017-0154-5.pdf https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/74037/1/74037.pdf Groisman, P., Shugart, H., Kicklighter, D., Henebry, G., Tchebakova, N., Maksyutov, S., Monier, E., Gutman, G., Gulev, S., Qi, J., Prishchepov, A., Kukavskaya, E., Porfiriev, B., Shiklomanov, A., Loboda, T., Shiklomanov, N., Nghiem, S., Bergen, K., Albrechtová, J., Chen, J., Shahgedanova, M. <https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/view/creators/90000204.html> orcid:0000-0002-2320-3885 , Shvidenko, A., Speranskaya, N., Soja, A., de Beurs, K., Bulygina, O., McCarty, J., Zhuang, Q. and Zolina, O. (2017) Northern Eurasia Future Initiative (NEFI): facing the challenges and pathways of global change in the 21st century. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 4 (1). pp. 2197-4284. ISSN 2197-4284 doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-017-0154-5 <https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-017-0154-5> |
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