The green marble: earth system science and global sustainability

Abstract

Earth system science -- Earth's geosphere, biosphere, and climate -- The evolution of the biosphere -- Technosphere impacts on the global biogeochemical cycles -- Technosphere impacts on the biosphere -- Scenarios of global environmental change -- Globalization and ecological modernization -- Global environmental governance -- Global monitoring -- Socio-ecological systems -- Key concepts for a new planetary paradigm -- Lexicon of the spheres.