Northern Eurasia Future Initiative (NEFI) : facing the challenges and pathways of global change in the twenty-first century
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ftwhoas:oai:darchive.mblwhoilibrary.org:1912/9481 2023-05-15T15:17:46+02:00 Northern Eurasia Future Initiative (NEFI) : facing the challenges and pathways of global change in the twenty-first century Groisman, Pavel Ya Shugart, Herman Kicklighter, David W. 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, Jiquan Shahgedanova, Maria Shvidenko, Anatoly Speranskaya, Nina Soja, Amber de Beurs, Kirsten Bulygina, Olga N McCarty, Jessica Zhuang, Qianlai Zolina, Olga 2017-12-27 https://hdl.handle.net/1912/9481 en_US eng Springer https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-017-0154-5 Progress in Earth and Planetary Science 4 (2017): 41 https://hdl.handle.net/1912/9481 doi:10.1186/s40645-017-0154-5 Attribution 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC-BY Progress in Earth and Planetary Science 4 (2017): 41 doi:10.1186/s40645-017-0154-5 Environmental changes Northern Eurasia Ecosystems dynamics Terrestrial water cycle Cryosphere retreat Extreme and inclement environmental conditions Sustainable development Land cover and land use change Integrated assessment models for decision-makers Article 2017 ftwhoas https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-017-0154-5 2022-05-28T23:00:06Z © The Author(s), 2017. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in Progress in Earth and Planetary Science 4 (2017): 41, doi:10.1186/s40645-017-0154-5. 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, ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Woods Hole Scientific Community: WHOAS (Woods Hole Open Access Server) Arctic Progress in Earth and Planetary Science 4 1 |
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Environmental changes Northern Eurasia Ecosystems dynamics Terrestrial water cycle Cryosphere retreat Extreme and inclement environmental conditions Sustainable development Land cover and land use change Integrated assessment models for decision-makers Groisman, Pavel Ya Shugart, Herman Kicklighter, David W. 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, Jiquan Shahgedanova, Maria Shvidenko, Anatoly Speranskaya, Nina Soja, Amber de Beurs, Kirsten Bulygina, Olga N McCarty, Jessica Zhuang, Qianlai Zolina, Olga Northern Eurasia Future Initiative (NEFI) : facing the challenges and pathways of global change in the twenty-first century |
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© The Author(s), 2017. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in Progress in Earth and Planetary Science 4 (2017): 41, doi:10.1186/s40645-017-0154-5. 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, ... |
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Groisman, Pavel Ya Shugart, Herman Kicklighter, David W. 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, Jiquan Shahgedanova, Maria Shvidenko, Anatoly Speranskaya, Nina Soja, Amber de Beurs, Kirsten Bulygina, Olga N McCarty, Jessica Zhuang, Qianlai Zolina, Olga |
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Northern Eurasia Future Initiative (NEFI) : facing the challenges and pathways of global change in the twenty-first century |
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Northern Eurasia Future Initiative (NEFI) : facing the challenges and pathways of global change in the twenty-first century |
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Northern Eurasia Future Initiative (NEFI) : facing the challenges and pathways of global change in the twenty-first century |
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Northern Eurasia Future Initiative (NEFI) : facing the challenges and pathways of global change in the twenty-first century |
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Northern Eurasia Future Initiative (NEFI) : facing the challenges and pathways of global change in the twenty-first century |
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northern eurasia future initiative (nefi) : facing the challenges and pathways of global change in the twenty-first century |
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