Global Change includes climate change and other environmental changes caused by the joint interaction among various layers of Earth. From the positive side, global change provides new opportunities to human and other ...Global Change includes climate change and other environmental changes caused by the joint interaction among various layers of Earth. From the positive side, global change provides new opportunities to human and other living forms on Earth. In the meantime, it creates tremendous challenges and negative impact. At present, the negative impacts have reached all primary processes of the global ecosystem and every aspect of human society, especially causing degradation of the ecosys- tem. For instance, intensive deforestation causes decline of biodiversity; global warming causes sea level rise and increases the frequency of extreme weather and climate events （Yang et al., 2013）. Changing the natural environment also considerably affects the socio-economic development of the entire world. Prompt and adequate response to challenges of global change is essential to realizing sustainable development of human society （Xu et al., 2013）.展开更多
文摘Global Change includes climate change and other environmental changes caused by the joint interaction among various layers of Earth. From the positive side, global change provides new opportunities to human and other living forms on Earth. In the meantime, it creates tremendous challenges and negative impact. At present, the negative impacts have reached all primary processes of the global ecosystem and every aspect of human society, especially causing degradation of the ecosys- tem. For instance, intensive deforestation causes decline of biodiversity; global warming causes sea level rise and increases the frequency of extreme weather and climate events （Yang et al., 2013）. Changing the natural environment also considerably affects the socio-economic development of the entire world. Prompt and adequate response to challenges of global change is essential to realizing sustainable development of human society （Xu et al., 2013）.
