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, 2006 We have defined the Biosphere Quality Index (BQI) as the total quality of the Earth’s common biosphere. The BQI reflects the results of two opposing sets of forces, the downward forces that reduce biosphere quality (the overall condition of our biosphere)
Kevan, P.G. +2 more
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The Biogeochemical Principles of Vernadsky as the Basis for a New Field of Science – Biospherics [PDF]
Журнал Сибирского федерального университета: Серия Биология, 2008 The use of the biogeochemical principles of V.I. Vernadsky for quantitative description of life development are discussed in the paper. Two examples were examined.
Nickolay S. Pechurkin
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St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology, 2023 Challenged to determine the efficacy of Christian theology for addressing human-induced problems that are imperilling species, ecosystems, and the biosphere of Earth, theologians have been responding in a variety of ways for several decades.
Jame Schaefer
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Metafizyka w ekologii? Ekosystem jako Złożony System Adaptacyjny
Scientia et Fides, 2013 Metaphysics in ecology? Ecosystem as a Complex Adaptive SystemThe metaphysical exploration regarding the origin and evolution of life is also present in ecology, however, does not refer to individual organisms, but entire ecological systems, such as ...
Magdalena Czarnecka
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, 2011 Parks and protected areas are crucial for the health of the biosphere and long-term sustainability of the planet. However challenges these areas face include: there are simply not enough of them, the existing ones are often too small and fragmented ...
Williams, Robert Edward
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THE NATURAL WORLD AND THE INFORMATION SOCIETY
Sovremennye Issledovaniâ Socialʹnyh Problem, 2015 The aim of the study is justification of human cultural and informational dependence from the «natural world». Being such a relationship is considered from the perspective of degradation of natural ecosystems and self-reduction of human’s «cultural ...
Stanislav Nikolaevich Glazachev +2 more
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, 2020 Land-atmosphere interactions at different temporal and spatial scales are important for our understanding of the Earth system and its modeling. The Landscape Evolution Observatory (LEO) at Biosphere 2 managed by the University of Arizona host three ...
Abramson, Nate +15 more
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New Goals of Sustainable Future [PDF]
Философия и космология, 2017 This article investigates the process of transition from the Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The authors have set an objective to demonstrate that SD as a future form of development of civilization from the very ...
Arkady Ursul +2 more
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, 2013 Climate change is inevitable. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has forewarned the global community of the consequences of unrestrained burning of fossil fuels (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC], 2011, para. 2).
Boychuk, Elizabeth
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, 2004 The purpose of this report is to document the biosphere model, the Environmental Radiation Model for Yucca Mountain, Nevada (ERMYN), which describes radionuclide transport processes in the biosphere and associated human exposure that may arise as the ...
Wu, D. W., Smith, A. J.
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