Towards a physically motivated planetary accounting framework

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2020

Authors

Barbosa, M (Author) Other; Bertolami, O (Author) FCUP; Francisco, F (Author) FCUP

Journal

Title: Anthropocene Review

Vol. 7

Pages: 191-207

ISSN: 2053-0196

Publisher: SAGE

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Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00S-0TV

DOI: 10.1177/2053019620909659

Abstract (EN): In this work, we present a physically motivated Planetary Accounting Framework for the Earth System. We show that the impact of the human activity in terms of the planetary boundary variables can be accounted for in our Landau-Ginzburg phase transition physical formulation. We then use the interaction between climate change and ocean acidification mechanisms to exemplify the relation of the concentration and flux of substances of the planetary boundary variables, as proposed by the accounting framework of Meyer and Newman, with the underlying thermodynamic transformation, quantifiable by the Landau-Ginzburg inspired model.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 17