Ocean and climate sciences taking grand challenges and extraordinary opportunities: introduction to COAA 2007 special sections |
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| Authors: | ZHENG Quanan QIAO Fangli YANG Shi-Keng |
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| Affiliation: | Division of Ocean Sciences, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA 22230, USA;Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA;Key Laboratory of Marine Science and Numerical Modeling of State Oceanic Administration, First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Qingdao 266061, China;WIS/Climate Prediction Center, NOAA NCEP, 5200 Auth Road, Camp Springs, MD 20746, USA |
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| Abstract: | In this universe, the earth is a unique breeding ground for living beings. It bares the evolutions, sustains the survival and enriches the development of human species. The studies of history have indicated that minute changes of the earth's environment mayhave caused great impacts on the vulnerable balanced ecological systems, endanger the living conditions for human beings and associated cultures.Thus, understanding the nature's governing rules of the earth, and clarifying its fundamental laws of sciences are everlasting research topics for the human pursuits. |
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