A Nexus for Interdisciplinary Global Change Research

Global change is causing a tailspin collapse of ecosystems.

Human health and loss of life implications are staggering as pathogens become more widespread and virulent, expanding to new areas of the globe.

Ominous statistics of higher greenhouse gas emissions, temperatures, and natural disasters; greater ocean acidification; and loss of coral reefs and charismatic species are likely to come to fruition within the next decade—not the end of the century, as first predicted.

At the IGCB, our mission is to improve our ability to predict and prevent the tragic outcomes of global change.