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TECHNOLOGY IN SOCIETY
Volume 22, Issue 3, Pages 303-339Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-791X(00)00012-9
Keywords
Earth System; global environmental change; human impact on the geosphere and biosphere; natural and human history of the Earth; conservation of the Earth's biota; Sixth Extinction
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The modern Earth Narrative is the scientific description of the natural and human history of the Earth, and it is based on two fundamental concepts: Deep (or Geologic) Time and Biological Evolution. Changes in the Earth's biosphere and geosphere are discussed from the perspective of natural variability and impacts of the rapid increase in the human population. The failure of humans to comprehend and understand the Earth Narrative, especially the place of humans in it, presages dire consequences for the Earth's biosphere. The actions humans take, individually and collectively, during the 21st century will likely determine the fate of many millions of species, including our own. It is argued that we must quickly establish an Earth System-based conservation ethic that has the objective of complete preservation of the Earth's biotic inheritance. published by Elsevier Science Ltd.
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