Our Changing Planet
The FY 2000 U.S. Global Change Research Program
Published 1999

You may request the print version of Our Changing Planet: The FY 2002 U.S. Global Change Research Program free of charge from the GCRIO Online Catalog.

The Nation’s Research Investments
To Understand the Complexity of Global Environmental Change

FY2000 Implementation Plan and Budget Overview

Perspectives for the USGCRP for the Decade Ahead
Preparing the Agenda for the 21st Century

Seal of the National Science and Technology Council

A Report by the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, Committee on Environment and Natural Resources of the National Science and Technology Council

A Supplement to the President’s Fiscal Year 2000 Budget

Cover

Opening pages

Executive Summary

Organization of the Program

USGCRP Program Elements

Summary of Key USGCRP Accomplishments in 1998

Global Environmental Change Information Service

U.S. Global Change Research Program - FY 2000 Implementation Plan and Budget Overview

A Vision and Perspective for the Decade Ahead

Changing Vision for the Research Agenda for the 21st Century

Creating a New Partnership Between Science and Public Policy

The First Decade of Research Focused on Understanding the Components of the Earth System and Modeling at the Global Scale

   Critical Unanswered Questions and Societally Relevant Issues Remain

   Goals and Objectives for the USGCRP in the Decade Ahead

Implementation of the USGCRP in FY 2000      A. Program Elements

Understanding the Earth’s Climate System

Biology and Biogeochemistry of Ecosystems

Composition and Chemistry of the Atmosphere

Paleoenvironment/Paleoclimate

Human Dimensions of Global Change

The Global Water Cycle

B. Carbon Cycle Science: An FY 2000 Initiative Observation, Monitoring, and Data Management

Understanding the Earth’s Climate System
Biology and Biogeochemistry of Ecosystems
Composition and Chemistry of the Atmosphere
Paleoenvironment/Paleoclimate
Human Dimensions of Climate Change
The Global Water Cycle
Carbon Cycle Science

Earth System Modeling and Simulation International Connections Assessment of Global Environmental Issues APPENDICES      A The Proposed USGCRP Budget for FY 2000
     B The FY 1998-2000 USGCRP Budget by Agency and Program
     C U.S. Global Change Research Program Organization and Management
     D New 1998 Global Change Related Data Products
     E Figure Captions
     F Contact Information Abstrac t Back Cover

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Our Changing Planet The FY 2000 U.S. Global Change Research Program Published 1999

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Our Changing Planet
The FY 2000 U.S. Global Change Research Program
Published 1999