ABSTRACT
The conceptual interlinking of the carbon cycle with the global climate system is simplistically. Herein two aspects of global change are linked through the carbon cycle to both the terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. The chapter focuses on foreseeable roles of remote sensing in the upcoming decades of multinational and multidisciplinary studies of the Earth's inter-related ecosystems. Particular attention was directed towards impacts on aquatic ecosystems resulting from ozone depletion and disruptions to the hydrologic cycle. Mitigation is the area that requires much research since mitigation is dependent upon the answers to the above and other questions concerning the nature and importance of the interactive feedback loops linking climate change to the Earth's ecosystems. There is every likelihood that some of the impacts to the Earth's biosphere will either never be mitigated or that the mitigation will be a long time coming. Adaptation is what needs to occur while mitigation measures are being sought, developed, or implemented.
