Towards a physically motivated planetary accounting framework

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ID4189199
AuthorsMiguel Barbosa (0000-0002-0670-0425, Universidade do Porto), Orfeu Bertolami (0000-0002-7672-0560, Universidade do Porto), Frederico Francisco (0000-0003-3014-0963, Universidade do Porto, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume7
Issue3
Pages191-207
Publication date2020-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Anthropocene Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2053-0196 • E-ISSN: 2053-020X
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/2053019620909659
OpenAlexW3022976413
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited14

In this work, we present a physically motivated Planetary Accounting Framework for the Earth System. We show that the impact of the human activity in terms of the planetary boundary variables can be accounted for in our Landau-Ginzburg phase transition physical formulation. We then use the interaction between climate change and ocean acidification mechanisms to exemplify the relation of the concentration and flux of substances of the planetary boundary variables, as proposed by the accounting framework of Meyer and Newman, with the underlying thermodynamic transformation, quantifiable by the Landau-Ginzburg inspired model

Biology · Data mining · Mathematical analysis · Phase transition · Physics · Planetary boundaries · Statistical physics · Thermodynamics · Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics · Chemistry · Computer Science · Ecosystem dynamics and resilience · Mathematics · Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis · Ecology

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