Earth system economics: a biophysical approach  to the human component of the Earth system

Galbraith, Eric D.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-12-671-2021

Articles | Volume 12, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-12-671-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-12-671-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 2

Research article

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27 May 2021

Research article |

| 27 May 2021

Earth system economics: a biophysical approach to the human component of the Earth system

Eric D. Galbraith

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Final revised paper (published on 27 May 2021)
Preprint (discussion started on 04 Sep 2020)

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Earth system economics - general comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Sep 2020
- AC1: 'Reply to Anonymous Referee #1', Eric Galbraith, 03 Oct 2020
  - RC2: 'reply to the Author', Anonymous Referee #1, 07 Oct 2020
    - AC2: 'Thank you for the constructive reply', Eric Galbraith, 16 Oct 2020
    - AC3: 'A more thorough response', Eric Galbraith, 19 Nov 2020
RC3: 'Review of esd-2020-65', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Oct 2020
- AC4: 'Reply to anonymous Referee #2', Eric Galbraith, 19 Nov 2020

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (20 Nov 2020) by Christian Franzke

AR by Eric Galbraith on behalf of the Authors (15 Feb 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (16 Feb 2021) by Christian Franzke

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (07 Mar 2021)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (09 Mar 2021) by Christian Franzke

AR by Eric Galbraith on behalf of the Authors (05 Apr 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (08 Apr 2021) by Christian Franzke

Post-review adjustments

AA: Author's adjustment | EA: Editor approval

AA by Eric Galbraith on behalf of the Authors (20 May 2021) Author's adjustment Manuscript

EA: Adjustments approved (23 May 2021) by Christian Franzke

Short summary

Scientific tradition has left a gap between the study of humans and the rest of the Earth system. Here, a holistic approach to the global human system is proposed, intended to provide seamless integration with natural sciences. At the core, this focuses on what humans are doing with their time, what the bio-physical outcomes of those activities are, and what the lived experience is. The quantitative approach can facilitate data analysis across scales and integrated human–Earth system modeling.