Evolution of natural and social science interactions in global change research programs

Bibliographic Data

ID23354875
AuthorsH A Mooney (0000-0001-5864-1538, Stanford University), Anantha Kumar Duraiappah (United Nations University Institute on Globalization, Culture and Mobility), Anantha Duraiappah (International Human Dimensions Programme, United Nations University, 53113 Bonn, Germany; and), Anne Larigauderie (DIVERSITAS, c/o Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), CP 41 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France)
Year2013
Volume110
Issuesupplement_1
Pages3665-3672
Publication date2013-02-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0027-8424 • E-ISSN: 1091-6490
PublisherNational Academy of Sciences (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1073/pnas.1107484110
PMID23297237
PMCIDPMC3586612
OpenAlexW2081339803
LanguageEN
Citations received84
References cited17

Efforts to develop a global understanding of the functioning of the Earth as a system began in the mid-1980s. This effort necessitated linking knowledge from both the physical and biological realms. A motivation for this development was the growing impact of humans on the Earth system and need to provide solutions, but the study of the social drivers and their consequences for the changes that were occurring was not incorporated into the Earth System Science movement, despite early attempts to do so. The impediments to integration were many, but they are gradually being overcome, which can be seen in many trends for assessments, such as the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, as well as both basic and applied science programs. In this development, particular people and events have shaped the trajectories that have occurred. The lessons learned should be considered in such emerging research programs as Future Earth , the new global program for sustainability research. The transitioning process to this new program will take time as scientists adjust to new colleagues with different ideologies, methods, and tools and a new way of doing science.

Climate change · Earth system science · Engineering ethics · Environmental resource management · Geography · Global change · Natural (archaeology) · Political science · Process (computing) · Research program · Sustainability · Complex Systems and Decision Making · Computer Science · Ecology · Ecosystem dynamics and resilience · Engineering · Environmental Science · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance

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