The Green Marble

In this concise and accessible text, David P. Turner presents an overview of global environmental change and a synthesis of research from earth system science and sustainability science. It provides a framework for understanding human impact on the environment for anyone interested in our current predicaments and what we can do about them.

TurnerDavid: David P. Turner is a Professor of Global Environmental Change at Oregon State University. He is co-editor of a recent book on ecological modeling (Bachelet and Turner 2015, Wylie). After receiving a Masters degree at the University of Colorado and a Ph.D. at Washington State University, he worked for 10 years on global change issues with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He teaches a graduate course in Global Environmental Change for the on-line Masters in Natural Resources graduate program at OSU.David P. Turner is a research professor in the Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society at Oregon State University.