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04230aam a2200421Ii 4500 001 D987D6B6370411E887D7D95B97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180403010230 008 180108t20172017dcuab b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 0309466806 020 $a 9780309466806 035 $a (OCoLC)1018307386 040 $a NRC $b eng $e rda $c NRC $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d SOI $d YDX $d IXA $d YDX $d KSU $d IWA $d SILO 043 $a x------ 050 4 $a GC190.2 S88x 2017 245 00 $a Sustaining ocean observations to understand future changes in Earth's climate / $c Committee on Sustaining Ocean Observations to Understand Future Changes in Earth's Climate, Ocean Studies Board, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Division on Earth and Life Studies ; a Consensus Study Report of The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine. 264 1 $a Washington, DC : $b The National Academies Press, $c [2017] 300 $a xiii, 136 pages : $b color illustrations, color maps ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Consensus study report 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-117). 520 $a The ocean is an integral component of the Earth's climate system. It covers about 70% of the Earth's surface and acts as its primary reservoir of heat and carbon, absorbing over 90% of the surplus heat and about 30% of the carbon dioxide associated with human activities, and receiving close to 100% of fresh water lost from land ice. With the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, notably carbon dioxide from fossil fuel combustion, the Earth's climate is now changing more rapidly than at any time since the advent of human societies. Society will increasingly face complex decisions about how to mitigate the adverse impacts of climate change such as droughts, sea-level rise, ocean acidification, species loss, changes to growing seasons, and stronger and possibly more frequent storms. Observations play a foundational role in documenting the state and variability of components of the climate system and facilitating climate prediction and scenario development. Regular and consistent collection of ocean observations over decades to centuries would monitor the Earth's main reservoirs of heat, carbon dioxide, and water and provides a critical record of long-term change and variability over multiple time scales. Sustained high-quality observations are also needed to test and improve climate models, which provide insights into the future climate system. Sustaining Ocean Observations to Understand Future Changes in Earth's Climate considers processes for identifying priority ocean observations that will improve understanding of the Earth's climate processes, and the challenges associated with sustaining these observations over long timeframes--Publishers website. 505 0 $a Collection and use of sustained ocean climate observations -- International frameworks for the in situ ocean observing system -- Sustaining global ocean observations in the United States -- Overcoming challenges and identifying new opportunities. 650 0 $a Oceanography $x Observations. 651 0 $a Earth (Planet) $x Climate $v Observations. 650 0 $a Oceanography $x Research. 650 0 $a Climatic changes $x Forecasting. 650 0 $a Ocean $x Effect of human beings on. 650 0 $a Ocean-atmosphere interaction. 650 0 $a Global environmental change. 776 08 $i Online version : $a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. $t Sustaining Ocean Observations to Understand Future Changes in Earth's Climate. $d Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2017 $z 9780309466813 $w (OCoLC)1018151308 710 2 $a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). $b Committee on Sustaining Ocean Observations to Understand Future Changes in Earth's Climate. 710 2 $a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). $b Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate. 710 2 $a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). $b Ocean Studies Board. 830 0 $a Consensus study report. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180403020748.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D987D6B6370411E887D7D95B97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search