Contents

pp v-vi

Dedication to Hans Oeschger

pp vii-viii

List of Contributors

pp ix-x

Preface

pp xi-xiv

Introduction

pp xv-xvi

1 - The Antarctic Ozone Hole, a Human-Caused Chemical Instability in the Stratosphere: What Should We Learn from It?

pp 1-12

PART ONE - THE ANTHROPOGENIC PROBLEM

pp 13-14

2 - Feedbacks and Interactions between Global Change, Atmospheric Chemistry, and the Biosphere

pp 15-37

3 - Atmospheric CO2 Variations: Response to Natural and Anthropogenic Earth System Forcings

pp 38-51

4 - Modeling and Evaluating Terrestrial Biospheric Exchanges of Water, Carbon Dioxide, and Oxygen in the Global Climate System

pp 52-65

5 - Carbon Futures

pp 66-80

PART TWO - THE HUMAN PERSPECTIVE

pp 81-82

6 - Global Climate Change in the Human Perspective

pp 83-110

PART THREE - MODELING THE EARTH'S SYSTEM

pp 111-112

7 - Earth System Models and the Global Biogeochemical Cycles

pp 113-118

8 - The Role of CO2, Sea Level, and Vegetation During the Milankovitch-forced Glacial-Interglacial Cycles

pp 119-146

9 - Nonlinearities in the Earth System: The Ocean's Role

pp 147-162

10 - Simulations of the Climate of the Holocene: Perspectives Gained with Models of Different Complexity

pp 163-175

11 - Interactions of Climate Change and the Terrestrial Biosphere

pp 176-196

PART FOUR - INFORMATION FROM THE PAST

pp 197-198

12 - The Record of Paleoclimatic Change and Its Greenhouse Implications

pp 199-202

13 - Long-Term Stability of Earth's Climate: The Faint Young Sun Problem Revisited

pp 203-219

14 - Physical and Chemical Properties of the Glacial Ocean

pp 220-255

15 - Ice Core Records and Relevance for Future Climate Variations

pp 256-270

PART FIVE - HOW TO MEET THE CHALLENGE

pp 271-272

16 - Toward a New Approach to Climate Impact Studies

pp 273-279

17 - Research Objectives of the World Climate Research Programme

pp 280-284

18 - Panel Discussion: Future Research Objectives

pp 285-288

Index

pp 289-302