The Pace of Environmental Change

Chapter 1 : Global Environmental Change: Context and Focus (largely as before, but adjusted to cater for changes below). Chapter 2 : Nature and Perception of Environmental Change (ditto, as above). Chapter 3 : Measurement of Time and Change through Time (as before but modified to incorporate measurement techniques relevant to prehistory (i.e., proxies) and historic time (e.g., narrative, instrumental). Chapter 4 : Tectonism and Environmental Change (new chapter invoking data from earlier proposal plus information from the other proposal on this theme). Chapter 5 : Atmosphere and Environmental Change (new data see also below). Chapter 6 : Hydrosphere and Cryosphere and Environmental Change (new data, see also below). Chapter 7 : Geomorphological Change (data from earlier proposal, see also below). Chapter 8 : Biogeographic Change (new data, see also below). Chapter 9 : Retrospect (as before, but modified to reflect new approach, including the integration of the foregoing material into an environmental whole). Chapter 10 : Prospect (ditto, but with emphasis on future environmental planning and management, including political, legal, and social ramifications).