They tackle broad questions that can not be answered by a single research team but require the integration of the wider international science community. (pages-igbp.org)
NIH staff defend the trips, often to other countries, as part of their duty to interact with the international science community. (sciencemag.org)
The Global Carbon Project was formed to assist the international science community to establish a common, mutually agreed knowledge base supporting policy debate and action to slow the rate of increase of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. (iiasa.ac.at)