285
forests, 76
geological conditions, 79
Germany, 80
global energy consumption, 80
heat energy to mechanical energy, 77
hydrocarbons, 80
industrial revolution, 77
industrialisation, 77
machinery and mechanical engineering, 77
material, 80
mining and production, 76
1900 and 2100, 79
quantity and quality, 76
renewable energy resources, 77
steam engines, 77
sulphur, 78
technologies, 79
Combined operation, 21
Commission for the Geological Map of the World
(CGMW), 154
Complex adaptive systems, 20
Complex Earth system, 53
Complex system, 31
Conference on Environment and Development of the UN
in 1992, 176
Confucianism, 247
Congo Basin, 106
Consumption, 55
Contamination of oceans
anthropogenic pollution, 138
atmospheric gases, 145
biodegradable plastics, 141
characteristics, 141–142
diesel fuel, 142
distribution, 138
economic regulations, 141
emulsion, 144
environmental effects, 143
European Union, 143
fertiliser pollution, 138
floating plastic islands, 138
food chain, 140, 141
global environmental problem, 138
industry, 139
lack of oxygen, 145
large incidents and quantity split, 143
legal and economic regulations, 141
major tanker and oil-rig disasters, 143
microplastics, 138
micro-sized fragments, 138
municipal and industrial pollution, 138
nearshore oil pollutions, 145
oil tankers and rigs, 144
plastic islands, 138, 139
plastic pollution, 138
plastics, 138
population density and industrial development, 145
solid particles, 145
synthetic textiles, 138
waste products and environmental pollution, 137
Convention on Biological Diversity, 168
Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution,
199
Copper, 95
Copper production, 91
Cybernetic system, 18
D
Dead zones, 126
Decentralisation, 219, 241
Deforestation, 261
Degrowth, 249, 250
Democratic Republic of Congo, 91
Demographic processes, 264
Deterministic, 19
Devastating earthquakes, 72
Diamond environmental protection, 51
Digital globalization
air traffic, 218
geographical structure, 217
inter-city networks, 221
migration, 222
mineral resources, 218
oceanic basement, 218
political space, 218
supply chains, 218
tolerance, 222
Digital modelling, 261
Digital technology, 254
Disproportional distribution, 234
Distortion, 59
DNA, 12
DNA molecules, 125
Dobson unit (DU), 199
Domestic consumption, 55
DP Global Environmental Facility, 150
Drain water, 158
Dutch Bojan Slat, 141
E
Earth, 21
Earthquakes
alert systems, 73
anthropogenic origin, 71
catastrophic consequences, 73
causes, 69, 70
classification, 68
devastating earthquakes, 73
fault line, 71
frequency, natural hazards, 72
GDACS, 73
human activities, 70, 71, 73
human-induced earthquakes, classification, 71
hypocentre, 68
interplate earthquakes, 68
mining, 72
rocks, lithospheric plates, 68, 69
scales, 69
Index
forests, 76
geological conditions, 79
Germany, 80
global energy consumption, 80
heat energy to mechanical energy, 77
hydrocarbons, 80
industrial revolution, 77
industrialisation, 77
machinery and mechanical engineering, 77
material, 80
mining and production, 76
1900 and 2100, 79
quantity and quality, 76
renewable energy resources, 77
steam engines, 77
sulphur, 78
technologies, 79
Combined operation, 21
Commission for the Geological Map of the World
(CGMW), 154
Complex adaptive systems, 20
Complex Earth system, 53
Complex system, 31
Conference on Environment and Development of the UN
in 1992, 176
Confucianism, 247
Congo Basin, 106
Consumption, 55
Contamination of oceans
anthropogenic pollution, 138
atmospheric gases, 145
biodegradable plastics, 141
characteristics, 141–142
diesel fuel, 142
distribution, 138
economic regulations, 141
emulsion, 144
environmental effects, 143
European Union, 143
fertiliser pollution, 138
floating plastic islands, 138
food chain, 140, 141
global environmental problem, 138
industry, 139
lack of oxygen, 145
large incidents and quantity split, 143
legal and economic regulations, 141
major tanker and oil-rig disasters, 143
microplastics, 138
micro-sized fragments, 138
municipal and industrial pollution, 138
nearshore oil pollutions, 145
oil tankers and rigs, 144
plastic islands, 138, 139
plastic pollution, 138
plastics, 138
population density and industrial development, 145
solid particles, 145
synthetic textiles, 138
waste products and environmental pollution, 137
Convention on Biological Diversity, 168
Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution,
199
Copper, 95
Copper production, 91
Cybernetic system, 18
D
Dead zones, 126
Decentralisation, 219, 241
Deforestation, 261
Degrowth, 249, 250
Democratic Republic of Congo, 91
Demographic processes, 264
Deterministic, 19
Devastating earthquakes, 72
Diamond environmental protection, 51
Digital globalization
air traffic, 218
geographical structure, 217
inter-city networks, 221
migration, 222
mineral resources, 218
oceanic basement, 218
political space, 218
supply chains, 218
tolerance, 222
Digital modelling, 261
Digital technology, 254
Disproportional distribution, 234
Distortion, 59
DNA, 12
DNA molecules, 125
Dobson unit (DU), 199
Domestic consumption, 55
DP Global Environmental Facility, 150
Drain water, 158
Dutch Bojan Slat, 141
E
Earth, 21
Earthquakes
alert systems, 73
anthropogenic origin, 71
catastrophic consequences, 73
causes, 69, 70
classification, 68
devastating earthquakes, 73
fault line, 71
frequency, natural hazards, 72
GDACS, 73
human activities, 70, 71, 73
human-induced earthquakes, classification, 71
hypocentre, 68
interplate earthquakes, 68
mining, 72
rocks, lithospheric plates, 68, 69
scales, 69
Index