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CHANGING PLANET A Report by the Climate Change Science Program
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related agency Web sites. The hardcopy version of this report is
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Science Foundation Principal Areas of Focus NSF programs address
global change issues through investments in challenging ideas,
creative people, and effective tools. In particular, NSF global
change research programs support research and related activities
to advance the fundamental understanding of physical, chemical,
biological, and human systems and the interactions among them.
The programs encourage interdisciplinary activities and focus
particularly on Earth system processes and the consequences of
change. NSF programs facilitate data acquisition and information
management acti