Changing the Global Environment

Perspectives on the Biosphere. D.B. Botkin, Science and the Global Environment. L.M. Talbot, Man's Role in Managing the Global Environment. P. Westbroek, The Impact of Life on the Planet Earth: Some General Considerations. L. Margulis and R. Guerrero, From Planetary Atmospheres to Microbial Communities: A Stroll Through Space and Time. G.C. Ray, Sustainable Use of the Global Ocean. T.E. Lovejoy, Deforestation and the Extinction of Species. O.L. Loucks, Large-Scale Alteration of Biological Productivity Due to Transported Pollutants. S.H. Wittwer, Food Problems in the Next Decades. R. Lal, Soil Degradation and Conversion of Tropical Rainforests. G. Carrier, Nuclear Winter, Current Understanding. Some of the Ways that We Can Learn About Our Global Environment. A.A. Orio, Modern Chemical Technologies for Assessment and Solution of Environmental Problems. J.V. Taranik, The Search for Non-renewable Resources in the Next Twenty Years. C.K. Paul, M.L. Imhoff, D.G. Moore, and A.M. Sellman, Remote Sensing of Environmental Change in the Developing World. W.G. Brooner, The Application of Remote Sensing in South America: Perspectives for the Future Based on Recent Experiences. P.G. Risser and L.R. Iverson, Geographical Information Systems and Natural Resource Issues at the State Level. M.D. Gwynne and D.W. Mooneyhan, The Global Environment Monitoring System and the Need for a Global Resource Database. L.R. Tinney and J.G. Lackey, The Use of Remote Sensing to Assess Environmental Consequences of Energy Facilities. M.I. Dyer and D.A. Crossley, Jr., Linking Ecological Networks and Models to Remote Sensing Programs. A.J. Tuyahov, J.L. Star, and J.E. Estes, Observing the Earth in the Next Decades. Social and Economic Policy Issues. D. Pearce, Sustainable Futures: Some Economic Issues. R.C. d'Arge, Ethical and Economic Systems for Managing the Global Commons. D. Brokensha and B.W. Riley, Managing Natural Resources: The Local Level. T.H. Bingham, Social Values and Environmental Quality. G. Bugliarello, Technology and the Environment. B.W. Mar, Management of High Technology: A Cure or Cause of Global Environmental Changes. M.F. Caswell, Better Resource Management Through the Adoption of New Technologies. A. Endres, The Search for Effective Pollution Control Policies. Index.