On 50th Anniversary of the Global Carbon Dioxide Record |
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| Authors: | Georgii A Alexandrov Martin Heimann Chris D Jones Pieter Tans |
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| Institution: | (1) National Institute for Environmental Studies, Onogawa 16-2, Tsukuba 305-8506, Japan;(2) Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pyzhevsky 3, Moscow, 109017, Russia;(3) Max Plank Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany;(4) Met Office Hadley Centre, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK;(5) NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305, USA |
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| Abstract: | The 50-year global CO2 record led the way in establishing a scientific fact: modern civilization is changing important properties of the global
atmosphere, oceans and biosphere. The evidence on which this scientific fact is based will be refined further, but the next
challenge for scientists is broader. In addition to its traditional role in providing discovery, diagnosis, and prediction
of the changes that are taking place on our planet, science has now also a role in helping society mitigate emissions by objectively
quantifying them, and in helping adaptation by providing environmental forecasts on regional scales. Science is also expected
to provide new options for society to tackle the transition to a new energy system, and to provide thorough environmental
evaluation of all such options. This is what the meeting recognized as planetary responsibilities for scientists in the next
50 years. |
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