Abstract
Despite general agreement that global climate change is taking place there is less consensus about the consequences and impacts that may
arise. The possibility of greater climatic variability, with changes in the incidence of particular types of events, requires multidisciplinary
research so that associated impacts can be considered when devising environmental management strategies. Past hydrological events
investigated using palaeoenvironmental techniques, over time periods longer than the period of continuous records, are a possible source of
information to complement monitored records. Six international research groups (GLOCOPH Commission of INQUA, Water Sustainability
Commission of IGU, LUCIFS in IGBP–PAGES, Geomorphic Challenges for the 21st Century Commission of IGU, International
Commission on Continental Erosion of IAHS, and Fluvial Archives Group [FLAG] associated with INQUA and IGU) have each contributed
results from their specific time and spatial scales in integrated research collaboration. Relevant research conclusions have been combined and
a research project undertaken which is the subject of four later papers. A provisional protocol for use of past hydrological events in order to
understand global change is proposed and adapted in the final paper, to take account of other papers included and contributions to the
discussions.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2-13 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Catena |
Publication status | Published - 2006 |