Thresholds and hysteresis: how do abrupt changes in the Asian monsoon affect ecosystems and environmental processes?

预测的气候变化对发展中世界的生计和区域稳定的影响已成为一个首要的战略和安全问题。 鼓励研究亚太地区气候变化的影响对澳大利亚具有直接的战略和经济利益。拟议的研究将记录热带生态系统对过去气候变化的反应，以便更好地了解未来气候波动可能产生的后果。

The effect of predicted climatic change on livelihoods and regional stability in the developing world has become a first-order strategic and security concern. Encouraging research into the impact of climate change within the Asia-Pacific is of immediate strategic and economic interest to Australia. The proposed research will document the response of tropical ecosystems to past climate change in order to better understand the likely consequences of future climate fluctuations.