On January 8th, 2003, the NSF Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education introduced their report, Complex Environmental Systems: Synthesis for Earth, Life, and Society in the 21st Century. The report presents a ten-year outlook for environmental research and education and argues that we need to develop environmental synthesis to frame integrated interdisciplinary research questions and activities to merge data, approaches, and ideas across spatial, temporal, and societal scales.
Electronic copies of both the full (68 pages) and summary reports are available in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format:
For purposes of report citation, please use: Pfirman, S. and the AC-ERE 2003, Complex Environmental Systems: Synthesis for Earth, Life, and Society in the 21st Century, A report summarizing a 10-year outlook in environmental research and education for the National Science Foundation, 68 pp.
On March 21st, 2005, the NSF Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education introduced their follow-up report to their January 2003 release: Complex Environmental Systems: Pathways to the Future.
Electronic copies of the full report (16 pages) are available in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format: Pathways Full Report.
To request hard copies of these reports, please send an e-mail to ere-info@nsf.gov and include your name and address.
Occasional Papers and Related Reports
As we move forward with implementing the Outlook, we will periodically publish papers on research directions and related topics.
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