The technosphere includes all the structures made by humans to live on Earth. This includes homes, factories, smartphones and all products of our company. Even if the concept of technosphere raises skepticism among the scientific community, proponents of the technosphere estimate that it now weighs 30 trillion tons, or 30 trillion tons.
The technosphere is a new major phenomenon on the planet and its evolution is very fast according to Professor Mark Williams of the University of Leicester. An international team led by geologists at the University of Leicester made the first estimate of the size of the physical structure of the technosphere, suggesting that its mass reaches 30 trillion tons, or one trillion tons. The technosphere includes all the structures we have built to survive on this planet.
Houses, factories, farms, computers, smartphones, CDs and garbage.
In a new paper published in The Anthropocene Review, professors Jan Zalasiewicz, Mark Williams and Colin Waters of the University of Leicester suggest that the technosphere bubble reaches the 30 trillion by representing a mass of 50 kg for each square meter on the planet. The technosphere has been proposed by Peter Haff who is also a co-author of the paper. Humans and human organizations are also part of the technosphere, but we do not control this bubble because it has its own dynamics and energy flow. The concept of Anthropocene, a geological era that emphasizes human impacts on the planet, has provided an understanding that humans have profoundly changed the earth. For Professor Williams, the technosphere has emerged from the biosphere and the first is parasitizing the second. At present, the technosphere is a new major phenomenon with a very rapid evolution. But compared to the biosphere, the technosphere hardly recycles its materials and it will be a criterion of its future growth without being able to stop it.
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Very interesting concept that that of technosphere.
We will also talk about technocène, the subject had already been discussed on écono.
Technosphere, technocène,super-anthropogenic organizationHere are terms with which we will have to become familiar to understand the mutations in games.