Global ecology is a complex scientific discipline that studies the biosphere as a whole. The fundamentals of global ecology are formulated by M. I. Budyko (1977 [1] ), who considers it the central problem of the circulation of substances in the biosphere. The study of this problem is necessary to solve the main problem of global ecology - the development of forecasts of possible changes in the biosphere in the future under the influence of human activity . Since this forecast will significantly depend on long-term economic planning and it is associated with large investments , it is obvious that it must have a high degree of confidence.
Global ecology as a scientific discipline is at the stage of formation, its boundaries are not precisely defined. Some scientists consider it a section of general ecology , others are identified with nature conservation , human ecology , and others (including M. I. Budyko, I. I. Dediu [2] ) consider it an independent scientific discipline.
See also
- Ecology
- Changing of the climate
- Kyoto Protocol
- Sustainable development
- Carnegie Institute
- Levels of organization of life
- Revolution in science
Literature
- Budyko M.I. Climate in the past and the future. - L .: Gidrometeoizdat, 1980. - 352 p.
- Budyko MI Changes in the thermal regime of the atmosphere in the Phanerozoic // Meteorology and Hydrology. 1981. № 10. S. 5-10.
- Budyko M. I. Environmental changes and successive fauna changes. - L .: Gidrometeoizdat, 1982. - 78 p.
Notes
- ↑ Budyko M.I. Global Ecology. - M .: Thought, 1977. - 328 p.
- ↑ Dedyu I. I. Ecological Encyclopedic Dictionary / I. I. Dedyu; foreword V. D. Fedorov. - Chisinau: Ch. ed. Mold owls Encycled., 1990. - 406 p.