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Understanding Global Change

Discover why the climate and environment changes, your place in the Earth system, and paths to a resilient future.

Understanding Global Change

Discover why the climate and environment changes, your place in the Earth system, and paths to a resilient future.

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Home → What is Global Change → Measurable Changes in the Earth System → Biosphere

Biosphere

Click the icons below to learn more about measurable changes related to life on Earth. Each page contains links to information about related topics on the UGC Infographic. Return to the Measurable Changes page to explore additional global changes.

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UGC infographic that highlights biodiversity as a measurable change in the Earth system. Click to see full infographic.

Biodiversity

UGC infographic that highlights displacement of human populations as a measurable change in the Earth system. Click to see full infographic.

Displacement of human populations

UGC infographic that highlights extinction as a measurable change in the Earth system. Click to see full infographic.

Extinction

UGC infographic that highlights fire as a measurable change in the Earth system. Click to see full infographic.

Fire

UGC infographic that highlights food availability and nutrition as measurable changes in the Earth system. Click to see full infographic.

Food availability and nutrition

UGC infographic that highlights health and disease as measurable changes in the Earth system. Click to see full infographic.

Health / disease

UGC infographic that highlights life cycles and traits as measurable changes in the Earth system. Click to see full infographic.

Life cycles and traits

UGC infographic that highlights productivity and biomass as measurable changes in the Earth system. Click to see full infographic.

Productivity and biomass

UGC infographic that highlights species ranges as measurable changes in the Earth system. Click to see full infographic.

Species ranges

UGC infographic that highlights soil quality as a measurable change in the Earth system. Click to see full infographic.

Soil quality

UGC infographic that highlights species and populations as measurable changes in the Earth system. Click to see full infographic.

Species populations

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