The Arctic in an earth system context: From brake to accelerator of change

Article Abstract:

Human activities are affecting the environment at the scale of the earth as a whole and it is feared that the Arctic's stabilizing effect may be lost and the polar regions might shift from being brakes to being accelerators of global change and the changes in the Arctic could affect people everywhere. So, its high time to provide an earth system context for the role of the Arctic in the functioning of the global environment, and how this role can change under human forcing should be emphasized.

Arctic, Analysis, Industrial development, Industrialization, Arctic Ocean

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Sustainability or collapse: what can we learn from integrating the history of humans and the rest of nature?

Article Abstract:

The understanding of the past interactions between humans and rest of the nature is presented as the complexity of socioecological systems of present nature are heavily contingent on the past. The article discusses the Integrated History and future of People On Earth, a project of the global change research community to understand this important link.

United States, Management dynamics, Management, Human beings, Human-environment interactions, Earth, Company business management, Environmental sustainability

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The Anthropocene: are humans now overwhelming the great forces of nature?

Article Abstract:

Several studies are conducted for measuring the progression and the impact of humans and their activities on Anthropocene, the expansion of the use of fossil fuels. The atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration has been found to be continuously increasing, which demonstrates the need of new techniques to overcome this problem.

Fossil fuel deposits

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