Articles | Volume 7, issue 2
Earth Syst. Dynam., 7, 353–370, 2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-7-353-2016
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Research article 22 Apr 2016
Research article | 22 Apr 2016
Revolutions in energy input and material cycling in Earth history and human history
Timothy M. Lenton et al.
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- Contributions of sociometabolic research to sustainability science H. Haberl et al. 10.1038/s41893-019-0225-2
- The Case for a New Discipline: Technosphere Science C. Herrmann-Pillath 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.03.024
- The energy expansions of evolution O. Judson 10.1038/s41559-017-0138
- The Anthropocene Generalized: Evolution of Exo-Civilizations and Their Planetary Feedback A. Frank et al. 10.1089/ast.2017.1671
- Earth system modeling with endogenous and dynamic human societies: the copan:CORE open World–Earth modeling framework J. Donges et al. 10.5194/esd-11-395-2020
- Giving depth to the surface: An exercise in the Gaia-graphy of critical zones A. Arènes et al. 10.1177/2053019618782257
- Energy transitions and social revolutions M. Fischer-Kowalski et al. 10.1016/j.techfore.2018.08.010
- Selection for Gaia across Multiple Scales T. Lenton et al. 10.1016/j.tree.2018.05.006
- Applications of Solar Energy: History, Sociology and last Trends in Investigation D. Bravo Hidalgo et al. 10.22507/pml.v13n2a3
- An Ecosocialist Perspective on Gaia 2.0: The Other World That is Still Possible D. Schwartzman 10.1080/10455752.2020.1729943
- Innovating e-waste management: From macroscopic to microscopic scales X. Zeng et al. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.09.078
- Energy business transformation & Earth system resilience: A metabolic approach M. Wainstein et al. 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.12.258
- The re-direction of small deposit mining: Technological solutions for raw materials supply security in a whole systems context K. Moore et al. 10.1016/j.rcrx.2020.100040
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We identify six past revolutions in energy input and material cycling in Earth and human history. We find that human energy use has now reached a magnitude comparable to the biosphere, and conclude that a prospective sustainability revolution will require scaling up new solar energy technologies and the development of much more efficient material recycling systems. Our work was inspired by recognising the connections between Earth system science and industrial ecology at the "LOOPS" workshop.
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