On the nature of catastrophic forms

• Published in: BioSocieties Vol. 12; no. 3; pp. 343 - 366
• Main Authors: Petryna, Adriana, Mitchell, Paul Wolff
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 01.09.2017; Palgrave Macmillan
• Subjects: 20th century; Acidification; Adaptation; Anthropocene; Anthropogenic factors; Atmospheric aerosols; Behavior; Biodiversity; Biologists; Biology; Biosphere; Carbon; Carbon cycle; Catastrophe theory; Catastrophes; Climate change; Ecosystems; Endangered & extinct species; Genealogy; Life sciences; Mathematicians; Morphogenesis; Original Article; Rubber; Social Sciences; complexity; Anthropocene; evolution; catastrophe; abrupt change; René Thom

The impact of humans on the Earth’s ecosystem has led to the declaration of a new geological era, the Anthropocene. Earth systems stable for millennia are now threatened by anthropogenic climate change, but this pending instability is not well understood. Researchers from varied disciplines have ass...