Many challenges posed by the current Anthropocene epoch require fundamental
transformations to humanity's relationships with the rest of the planet. Achieving such …

Urgent environmental issues are testing the limits of current management approaches and
pushing demand for innovative approaches that integrate across traditional disciplinary …

While the concept of the Anthropocene reflects the past and present nature, scale and
magnitude of human impacts on the Earth System, its true significance lies in how it can be …

As reflected in the ecosystem approach, conservation strategies for the natural environment
are responding to society's needs and the changing climate. Ecosystem assessments …

There is a growing recognition that adaptation to climate change requires an understanding
of social processes that unfold across extended temporal trajectories. Yet, despite a move to …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to explore extant distinctions between plausibility and
probability in scenario planning and re-frame the either/or stance in the literature within a …

ABSTRACT Quaternary (last 2.6 million years) botany involves studying plant megafossils
(eg tree stumps), macrofossils (eg seeds, leaves), and microfossils (eg pollen, spores) …

This paper identifies rare climate challenges in the long-term history of seven areas, three in
the subpolar North Atlantic Islands and four in the arid-to-semiarid deserts of the US …

Societies have to both reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and undertake adaptation
measures to limit the negative impacts of global warming on the population, the economy …

This study examines how social and natural scientists converged on a new ontological
approach to science. Three distinguishing features comprise this new approach. They …