Kirill Y. Kondratyev

Vladimir F. Krapivin

V. P. Savinykh

Costas A. Varotsos

Kirill I︠A︡kovlevich Kondratʹev

K. Ia Kondratev

Kirill Ja Kondratʹev

Opening with a survey of contemporary global ecodynamics, including its basic components, this book goes on to discuss greenhouse effect problems in the context of global carbon cycle dynamics. The coverage includes land ecosystem changes, air-sea exchange models, high-latitude environmental dynamics, and a discussion of basic aspects of global environmental modelling and relevant monitoring systems. The volume concludes by examining society systems with emphasis on the problems of sustainable development.

A Multidimensional Analysis

Global Ecodynamics

Kirill I͡Akovlevich Kondratʹev

Costas Varotsos

Kōnstantinos Barōtsos

Professor Kondratyev and his team consider the concept of global warming due to the greenhouse effect and put forward a new approach to the problem of assessing the impact of anthropogenic processes. Considering data on both sources and sinks for atmospheric carbon and various conceptual schemes of the global carbon dioxide cycle, they suggest a new approach to studies of the problem of the greenhouse effect. They assess the role of different types of soil and vegetation in the assimilation of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and discuss models of the atmosphere ocean gas exchange and its role in the carbon dioxide cycle, paying special attention to the role of the Arctic Basin. The authors also consider models of other global atmospheric cycles for a range of atmospheric constituents, and conclude by drawing together a range of scenarios on modelling the global carbon cycle.

Global Carbon Cycle and Climate Change

Kirill Ja Kondratʹev

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