AIS |
automatic ship identification |
AMOC |
Atlantic meridional overturning circulation |
AVHR |
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer |
BAU |
business as usual |
CCN |
cloud condensation nuclei |
CE |
Common Era |
CFC |
chlorofluorocarbon |
CPM |
common pool resources |
DGVM |
dynamic global vegetation model |
DMS |
dimethyl sulfide |
DNA |
deoxyribonucleic acid |
EM |
ecological modernization |
E/MSY |
extinctions per million species years |
EMT |
ecological modernization theory |
ENSO |
El Niño–southern oscillation |
EOS |
NASA Earth Observing System |
EPA |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
EPME |
end-Permian mass extinction |
ESA |
European Space Agency |
ESM |
Earth system model |
FAO |
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization |
FSC |
Forest Stewardship Council |
GCM |
general circulation model |
GDP |
gross domestic product |
GEF |
Global Environmental Facility |
GEOSS |
Global Earth Observing System of Systems |
GFW |
Global Forest Watch |
GPP |
gross primary production |
GRACE |
Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment |
HCFC |
hydrochlorofluorocarbon |
IAM |
integrated assessment model |
ICESat |
Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite |
IGOS |
Integrated Global Observing System |
IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
INGO |
international nongovernmental organization |
IPBES |
Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services |
IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
IUCN |
International Union for the Conservation of Nature |
IWC |
International Whaling Commission |
LEED |
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design |
LUE |
light use efficiency |
MAT |
mean annual temperature |
MEA |
millennium ecosystem assessment |
MODIS |
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer |
NAFTA |
North American Free Trade Agreement |
NASA |
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NCAR |
National Center for Atmospheric Research |
NDVI |
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index |
NEE |
net ecosystem exchange |
NGO |
nongovernmental organization |
NMHC |
non-methane hydrocarbons |
NOAA |
U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
NPP |
net primary production |
NSIDC |
National Snow and Ice Data Center |
PETM |
Paleocene–Eocene thermal maximum |
RCP |
representative concentration pathway |
REDD |
Reduction in Deforestation and Forest Degradation |
RNA |
ribonucleic acid |
SAL |
structural adjustment lending |
SES |
socioecological system |
THC |
thermohaline circulation |
UCB |
UNCED Convention on Biodiversity |
UNCCD |
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification |
UNCED |
United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development |
UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
UNFCCC |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
UV |
ultraviolet radiation |
VIIRS |
Visible Infrared Radiometer Suite |
WEO |
World Environmental Organization |
WMO |
World Meteorological Organization |
WTO |
World Trade Organization |