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CURRENT CONDITIONS
OF This diagram shows how categories of Earth systems presently affect each other through positive and negative feedback. The result is massivechange and deterioration of the planet's biological support system.
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Plant growth on demineralized soils is Insufficient to fix elevated amounts' , of atmospheric eOl in organic molecules. This phenomenon occurs at the end of every interglacial period (approx. 10,000 years in duration after approx. 90,000 years of glacial period). but human exploitation of the Earth has accelerated the onset of the present glacial period by accelerating the buildup of atmospheric COl.
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23 CLOUDS TO POLES PROCESS
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34 TECTONIC PRESSURE AND VOLUME
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