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Spheres of The Earth: Atmosphere Biosphere Hydrosphere Lithosphere Anthrosphere
Spheres of The Earth: Atmosphere Biosphere Hydrosphere Lithosphere Anthrosphere
Atmosphere
Biosphere
Hydrosphere
Lithosphere
Anthrosphere
Atmosphere
• Thermosphere—highest
• Mesosphere
• Troposphere---layer we live in
Earth as a system
• Man and his direct ancestors (hominids) have graced the planet for
only about three million years. For almost all of this period the human
population totaled less than 5 to 10 million individuals. Homo sapiens
have increased their numbers exponentially from 1650 to present
rising to the current population of 5.5 billion. If this growth continued
unabated, the human population would reach 8 billion in the year
2000, 14 billion in the year 2010, 60 billion in the year 2020, and
infinity by the year 2023. Of course, unlimited growth in an
environment of finite resources is impossible because growth will
eventually deplete the available resources and the population will
collapse. Indeed one of the kindest things that the human species
could do for planet Earth is to control the rate of growth of the
anthrosphere.
Anthrosphere