Book contents
- Global Change and Future Earth
- Special Publications of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics Series
- Global Change and Future Earth: The Geoscience Perspective
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Part I Future Earth and Planetary Issues
- 1 International Drivers to Study Climatic and Environmental Change: A Challenge to Scientific Unions
- 2 Future Earth and Expected Mega Changes
- 3 Global Change, Space Weather, and Climate
- 4 Climate Issues from the Planetary Perspective and Insights for the Earth
- Part II Future Earth and Geodetic Issues
- Part III Future Earth and the Earth’s Fluid Environment
- Part IV Future Earth and Regions
- Part V Future Earth and Urban Environments
- Part VI Future Earth and Food Security
- Part VII Future Earth and Risk, Safety and Security
- Part VIII Climate Change and Global Change
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- References
3 - Global Change, Space Weather, and Climate
from Part I - Future Earth and Planetary Issues
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 October 2018
Book contents
- Global Change and Future Earth
- Special Publications of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics Series
- Global Change and Future Earth: The Geoscience Perspective
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Part I Future Earth and Planetary Issues
- 1 International Drivers to Study Climatic and Environmental Change: A Challenge to Scientific Unions
- 2 Future Earth and Expected Mega Changes
- 3 Global Change, Space Weather, and Climate
- 4 Climate Issues from the Planetary Perspective and Insights for the Earth
- Part II Future Earth and Geodetic Issues
- Part III Future Earth and the Earth’s Fluid Environment
- Part IV Future Earth and Regions
- Part V Future Earth and Urban Environments
- Part VI Future Earth and Food Security
- Part VII Future Earth and Risk, Safety and Security
- Part VIII Climate Change and Global Change
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- References
Summary
Space weather encompasses the various processes that connect the physics of the Sun with that of the Earth`s environment, which consists of a very complex system involving the interaction between variations on the solar surface and the electrodynamic environment of the Earth, controlled by its magnetic field. On the basis of the last fifty years of extensive spacecraft observations both in the near-Earth space environment and in the solar system we now have a sufficiently good understanding of the physics, which allows us to start making predictions relevant for society at large. Enormous forces are released during solar eruptions that lead to risks to our society. An important aspect of the Sun–Earth connection is the possibility of a link between solar variations and climate. If such a link exists and can be quantified, it has significant implications regarding the possibility of predicting climate changes, natural or man-made, and mitigating the societal effects
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- Global Change and Future EarthThe Geoscience Perspective, pp. 28 - 39Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018
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