Articles | Volume 9, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-849-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-849-2018
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14 Jun 2018
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On deeper human dimensions in Earth system analysis and modelling

Dieter Gerten, Martin Schönfeld, and Bernhard Schauberger

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (12 Apr 2018) by John Finnigan
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Cultural processes are underrepresented in Earth system models, although they decisively shape humanity’s planetary imprint. We set forth ideas on how Earth system analysis can be enriched by formalising aspects of religion (understood broadly as a collective belief in things held sacred). We sketch possible modelling avenues (extensions of existing Earth system models and new co-evolutionary models) and suggest research primers to explicate and quantify mental aspects of the Anthropocene.
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