1. Challenge 1: Past global changes: a context to the Anthropocene
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Moreno Caballud, Ana [0000-0001-7357-584X], Giralt, Santiago [0000-0001-8570-7838], Benito, Gerardo [0000-0003-0724-1790], Calvo, Eva María [0000-0003-3659-4499], Escutia, Carlota [0000-0002-4932-8619], González-Sampériz, Penélope [0000-0002-5097-1468], Grimalt, Joan O. [0000-0002-7391-5768], López Sáez, José Antonio [0000-0002-3122-2744], Martrat, Belen [0000-0001-9904-9178], Pelejero, Carles [0000-0002-7763-7769], Pey, Jorge [0000-0002-5015-1742], Moreno Caballud, Ana, Giralt, Santiago, Benito, Gerardo, Calvo, Eva María, Corella, Juan Pablo, Escutia, Carlota, González-Sampériz, Penélope, González-Rouco, Fidel, Grimalt, Joan O., Jiménez Espejo, Francisco J., Jiménez Cisneros, Concha, López Sáez, José Antonio, Martínez-Ruíz, Francisca, Martrat, Belen, Pelejero, Carles, Pey, Jorge, Moreno Caballud, Ana [0000-0001-7357-584X], Giralt, Santiago [0000-0001-8570-7838], Benito, Gerardo [0000-0003-0724-1790], Calvo, Eva María [0000-0003-3659-4499], Escutia, Carlota [0000-0002-4932-8619], González-Sampériz, Penélope [0000-0002-5097-1468], Grimalt, Joan O. [0000-0002-7391-5768], López Sáez, José Antonio [0000-0002-3122-2744], Martrat, Belen [0000-0001-9904-9178], Pelejero, Carles [0000-0002-7763-7769], Pey, Jorge [0000-0002-5015-1742], Moreno Caballud, Ana, Giralt, Santiago, Benito, Gerardo, Calvo, Eva María, Corella, Juan Pablo, Escutia, Carlota, González-Sampériz, Penélope, González-Rouco, Fidel, Grimalt, Joan O., Jiménez Espejo, Francisco J., Jiménez Cisneros, Concha, López Sáez, José Antonio, Martínez-Ruíz, Francisca, Martrat, Belen, Pelejero, Carles, and Pey, Jorge
- Abstract
Facing current climate and environmental crises needs long-term series of Earth Dynamics and anthropogenic pressures on the Planet. Numerous geological, chemical and biological natural archives capture large-scale, multi-temporal, abrupt, and often irreversible shifts in environmental and climate systems, providing an opportunity to better understand and therefore predict potential future impacts of the present anthropogenic warming and Humankind impact on the Planet. By providing robust, reliable, quantitative, detailed, high-resolution and long paleoclimate and paleoenvironmental data series, paleoclimatology and paleoenvironmental research place present climate variability and ecological crises in a long-term perspective to understand climate forcing mechanisms and environmental processes and responses. The success of science-based solutions to the global risks in the 21st century will strongly rely on our capacity to transfer this knowledge to politicians, managers, and society.
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- 2021